On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:35:38 -0400 Joshua Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:08:13PM -0800, patman at aracnet.com > wrote: > >> > >> I also tried Carol's "removing background" tutorial: > >> > >> http://carol.gimp.org/gimp2/basics/backgroundremoval/ > >> > >> But it does not describe the "Add the decomposed image as a mask" > portion. > >> > >> Can some explain it or point to a tutorial on the subject? > >> > >Dialogs-->Layers > > > >in that dockable dialog, right click on the layer you would like to > mask > >and select "Add Layer Mask" (i am typing this from memory so no > >guarrentee on the exact wording). > > > >there will be a dialog with a choice of mask color/opacity. just > stick > >with the default since the next step is to copy another image to it. > > > >Decompose gives several layers. i would convert the decompose > image to > >rgb (some of the gimps had problems copying grayscale and i cannot > >remember which ones). Edit-->Copy on the layer you want as a mask > >Edit-->Paste to the mask area on the target image. > > > >black on masks is transparent, white is opague. gray is a little of > >both. > > > >is that what you asked? > > > >carol > > > > When I try the above Edit->Paste to create a layer mask containing an > image, > I get a Floating Selection layer rather than anything in the layer > mask. Can > anyone help? I think you need to anchor the image first. Make a layer, paste and then anchor to the layer. Owen _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
