Re: [Gimp-user] translucent background?

2020-04-22 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 11:43 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote: > On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:56:37 +0200 > Ofnuts wrote: > > > - a second layer under the text with a colored rectangle, adjust > > the > > layer opacity to taste. > > this is what I don't see a setting for. I'm using 2.8 and don't > understand

Re: [Gimp-user] translucent background?

2020-04-22 Thread Dave Stevens
On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:56:37 +0200 Ofnuts wrote: > - a second layer under the text with a colored rectangle, adjust the > layer opacity to taste. this is what I don't see a setting for. I'm using 2.8 and don't understand where to change opacity. Sorry to be dense; the second layer makes good

Re: [Gimp-user] translucent background?

2020-04-21 Thread Ofnuts
On 22/04/2020 01:30, Dave Stevens wrote: I want a rectangular text box with a translucent white background. I can make it transparent but don't see a way to get, say, 30% transparency. Can someone refer me? will RTFM. TIA. Dave You do it with two layers: - a plain text layer (letters at