Thank you both for your tips. I wasn't actually paying attention to the antialiasing/feather options so it is useful to know to keep them unchecked when performing this procedure.
To David: The steps you describe don't seem to help with my specific problem of flattening against a background image because Threshold Alpha seems to only work with a solid black background. Thanks anyway though. cheers, Justyn 2008/9/24 Francois du Toit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think your method is fine, just make sure antialiasing/feather is disabled > for the select tool in step 3 ;) 2008/9/24 David Gowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Justyn, > > I recommend: > > 1) Layer->Transparency->Threshold Alpha (to 1) > 2) Alpha to selection > 3) Copy Visible > 4) Paste as New > > > David _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user