On 10/02/2010 09:56 AM, crutledge wrote: > Hello. > > I'm a novice user of GIMP. I use it to build covers for eBooks and for most > of my uses GIMP is great. > > Sometimes I wish to drop (place?)a small image atop another. My problem is > that all images come packaged in a rectangle. How do I ensure that the > background of the inserted image is transparent and doesn't show in the final > prouct? > > For the answer, I will bless thee and thine to the seventh generation. > (smile) > > Thanks, Charlie > For your assistance, the instruction from Ofnuts to the previous topic seems right on --- -- so allow your blessing to issue to Ofnuts' seventh generation
1) add an alpha channel to the image (layers dialog, right click, add alpha channel) 2) use the foreground selection tool: <http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-foreground-select.html> It has its own step-by-step indications at the bottom of the screen when it runs 3) invert selection, and hit the delete key. You'll be left with your foreground, everything else will be transparent. -- -- Burnie West Angora Highlands _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
