On Tue, 2004-11-02 at 01:13 -0500, Tom wrote: > (new to gimp) Welcome. :-)
> > Hi, > > I would like to change the background color of a photo, > (preferably with a gradient or shadow effect) > but it's a single layer (jpg). I tried to 'select by color' > and replace it, but the edges of the object in the foreground > turn out jagged and looks bad. I also tried to invert the > selection and cut and paste it into a new image file, but it looks > just as bad. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. There are two tutorials about this at http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ (in the "intermediate" section). As has been mentioned in another thread, the best technique varies a little depending on the type of image you are working with, but those two tutorials might give some starting points. Cheers, Malcolm _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
