-- Brian Weber Computer Consultant Cap Gemini [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It turns out that the Convolver Tool is what I was looking for. I tried the Bezier Tool and I just couldn't get the hang of it. Maybe it is an aquired thing? What I am doing is blanking out the background with a brush and then coping the picture and pasteing it into the other picture. From there I would go to the color selector and select the background color and then do an Edit>Cut and that would get rid of the background and leave the rest of the picture. I couldn't get all of the background out like that. That is where the Convolver Tool made all the difference. Thank you Phyllis and Sandip! I have been trying to figure this out for about a week. For some reason it just didn't click until I read your responses and now it all seems so simple. I have already done about 5 pictures in the past hour since recieving your emails. Thanks again! Phyllis Davis wrote: > > Hi Brian-- My suggestion would be to: > > 1. Use the Bezier Selection Tool to select your girlfriend in the one > picture > 2. Next, feather the selection by about 5 pixels (right click and choose > select>feather). > 3. Copy the selection (Edit>Copy) > 4. Paste it into the other picture (Edit>Paste) > 5. If your girlfriend's coloring doesn't quite match the coloring of the > folks in the other picture, correct her tone using levels > (Image>Color>Levels). > 6. If it still looks like your girlfriend is pasted into the picture, blur > the edges a bit by selecting a small brush using the Brush Selection dialog > box (Dialogs>Brushes), and using the Convolver Tool. (You can also try > applying the deinterlace or despeckle filters (Filters>Enhance) to blend her > in better.) > > Good luck! > > Phyllis > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Weber > > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 6:45 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Transparent background? > > > > > > Hello all, > > Could somebody help me out? I am trying to cut a person out of one > > picture and put it into another picture. I used to do this with gif's > > and web pages by makeing the background all one color and assigning the > > color as transparent. I am trying to do that in gimp with two seperate > > pictures. I have my girlfriend posing in one picture and I have taken > > pictures of different places that I would like to paste just her on top > > of the other pictures and have it look like she was actually there. > > I am current using gimp version 1.0.4. Does anybody know > > an easy way > > of doing this? > > > > Thanks in advance for your help. > > -- > > Brian Weber > > Computer Consultant > > Cap Gemini > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brian Weber Computer Consultant Cap Gemini [EMAIL PROTECTED]