I added this enhancement request as well (bug #131982 ) I was wrong. It's an eps file that can save a clipped path, not tif.
Eric Pierce > Hi, > > "Eric Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> For page layout work, at work we use (don't laugh) PageMaker. Me >> and the other guy recently learned that we could import raster >> images w/transparency and actually have it display properly in >> PageMaker. We also learned that the tif must have a clipping path. >> Basically, it's a path with a special designation as a 'clipping >> path' and everything inside the path will show, and everything >> outside the clipping path is transparent. There's a little rivalry >> at work because my colleage uses Photoshop while I use The Gimp. As >> it would be, PS could do a clipping path, but I couldn't see that >> Gimp could. In PS, you bring up the context menu with the paths >> menu up and designate which path will be the 'clipping path'. >> That's it. I don't know about the internals of the tif file, or if >> it's even a recognized spec in tif. I can throw up an image >> somewhere if anyone is curious to check it out. > > Clipping paths are a well-known concept but just like you I don't know > much about the implementation and how standardized this is. Did you > check if our bug-tracker has an enhancement request for clipping paths > yet? If not, it would be nice if you could file one and add as many > information as possible. > > > Sven > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
