Re: [Gimp-user] Change background and leave foreground

2012-10-26 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Burnie West wrote: >> 2. Cut and paste them to a new layer above the original layer (Ctrl+X, >> Ctrl+Shift+V). > > This doesn't work for me - it creates a new image not a new layer. Oh snap, you are right. That would be Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Shift+N Alexandre Prokoudine

Re: [Gimp-user] Change background and leave foreground

2012-10-26 Thread Steve Kinney
On 10/26/2012 11:10 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: > Fran, > > The general principle is: > > 1. Select objects with selection tools. > 2. Cut and paste them to a new layer above the original layer > (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Shift+V). > 3. Change the background layer so that the object are unaffected. > >

Re: [Gimp-user] Change background and leave foreground

2012-10-26 Thread Burnie West
On 10/26/2012 11:41 AM, Burnie West wrote: On 10/26/2012 08:10 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Fran, The general principle is: 1. Select objects with selection tools. 2. Cut and paste them to a new layer above the original layer (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Shift+V). This doesn't work for me - it creates a

Re: [Gimp-user] Change background and leave foreground

2012-10-26 Thread Burnie West
On 10/26/2012 08:10 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Fran, The general principle is: 1. Select objects with selection tools. 2. Cut and paste them to a new layer above the original layer (Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Shift+V). This doesn't work for me - it creates a new image not a new layer. I've had more s

[Gimp-user] dotted text

2012-10-26 Thread rich
>On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:53 PM, komsinica wrote: >> I am using Gimp to create worksheets for kids learning a foreign >> language. I would like to make my text dotted so kids can trace >> it to practice writing. I am using a Cyrillic alphabet so a dotted >> font is not an option for me. It woul

Re: [Gimp-user] NEEDS YOUR HELP

2012-10-26 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 3:55 AM, Всеволод Мищенко wrote: > Dear team Gimp.org! > > I now have two questions: > How to install a certain background color in the program GIMP 2.6? > I see by default only two colors - black and white. http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/ru/gimp-pimping.html#gimp-prefs-image-wi

[Gimp-user] NEEDS YOUR HELP

2012-10-26 Thread Всеволод Мищенко
*Dear team Gimp.org!* I now have two questions: *How to install a certain background color in the program GIMP 2.6?* *I see by default only two colors - black and white.* The second question: *How to set mode the "overlap"?* In advance thank you for help me. *Best regards, Vsevolod Mishchenko