Thanks to all who replied. I finally got it to work.
The missing piece of information in everything that I had been trying
is that, unlike any other GUI-based program I have ever used, it
seems that there are Gimp functions that one cannot find by wandering
through the menus! The trick was to
"So how do I get the alpha channel visible so that I can edit
it?" you ask.
It sounds like you want a layer mask. Try this:
1. Make sure your small layer is active.
2. In the Layers & Channels window, select "Add Layer Mask"
You will see a new thumbnail appear next to the thumbnail
for yo
Hi Doc,
Right click on the layer in the layers dialog, create
layer mask. Edit that, then right click on layer and
apply layer mask.
Alternately, click on the quick mask selection, and
draw a black-white gradient across the mask. Quick
mask back to selection, and cut.
I'd also suggest checkin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2000-11-13 at 1629.40 -0700):
> I have a small layer sitting on top of the stack. I would like to
> "fade" the image contained in that layer, left to right, so that one
> side (the right side) is completely opaque and the other side (the,
> er, left side, I guess) is complete
