[Gimp-user] Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Hi All, I'm really sorry this is probably a dumb/rtfm type question but I guess I don't know enough to know what to look for. I simply want to make a selection transparent. I can make the selection OK, but when I click the little red eraser thingy (for which the tooltip says "Erase to background

[Gimp-user] Re: Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Simon Roberts wrote: Hi All, I'm really sorry this is probably a dumb/rtfm type question but I guess I don't know enough to know what to look for. I simply want to make a selection transparent. I can make the selection OK, but when I click the little red eraser thingy (for which the tooltip say

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Simon Roberts
--- Olivier Ripoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Simon Roberts wrote: ... > > I simply want to make a selection transparent. ... > Try Layer->Transparency->Add alpha channel. > And then just cut your selection (ctrl-X). Oh, wow, that's easy. I guess I really just didn't know where to begin. Man

Re: [Gimp-user] Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Friday 10 March 2006 19:49, Simon Roberts wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm really sorry this is probably a dumb/rtfm type question but I guess > I don't know enough to know what to look for. > > I simply want to make a selection transparent. I can make the selection > OK, but when I click the little red

Re: [Gimp-user] Fill transparent?

2006-03-10 Thread Carol Spears
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 09:49:00AM -0800, Simon Roberts wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm really sorry this is probably a dumb/rtfm type question but I guess > I don't know enough to know what to look for. > > I simply want to make a selection transparent. I can make the selection > OK, but when I click t

[Gimp-user] gradient lighten

2006-03-10 Thread Bill W.
Hi all, Quick newbie question. I have a photo that is full bright on one side, the left; and subdued light on the right. It seems to be an excellent job for gradient and layers but I'm not sure how to go about getting started. I checked in tutorials and couldn't find anything on this specifical

Re: [Gimp-user] gradient lighten

2006-03-10 Thread Carol Spears
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:07:46AM -0800, Bill W. wrote: > Hi all, > Quick newbie question. I have a photo that is full bright on one side, the > left; and subdued light on the right. It seems to be an excellent job for > gradient and layers but I'm not sure how to go about getting started. > I c