Re: [Gimp-user] Eraser tool for a specific colour?

2002-07-06 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
Karl Auer schreib - > Similarly (and related to my previous question about filling outlines on >transparent > layers) is there a cousin to the fill tool that selects a region based on colour? >Just as > the fill tool works out towards a colour boundary and then fills inside the >boundary,

[Gimp-user] To see a layer mask

2002-07-06 Thread Karl Auer
Not a question this time, just something that might save someone half an hour or so. Then again, I'm new to this so maybe it's old news :-) Anyway, the doco says that to see a layer mask (rather than just its effect), you should ALT-click on the layer mask thumbnail in the layers dialog. Under

Re: [Gimp-user] Eraser tool for a specific colour?

2002-07-06 Thread nigel
Gimp does not have a colour eraser "tool". It does have a colour to alpha plugin though. By default the plugin will remove the selected colour from the whole image. To constrain this you will need to make a selection befor running the plugin. Nigel Karl Auer wrote: > Hi there. > > Is there a

Re: [Gimp-user] Filling on a transparent background

2002-07-06 Thread nigel
Hope this makes sense; Place a white layer underneath - return to the transparent layer - double click fill tool; turn on sample merged and set MODE to BEHIND, will probably need to push threshold up as well, then fill. Nigel Karl Auer wrote: > Hi there. > > I have a closed outline on an ot

[Gimp-user] Eraser tool for a specific colour?

2002-07-06 Thread Karl Auer
Hi there. Is there an eraser tool that will erase only a specific colour? That is, that will selectively erase only those points it passes over that are of a particular color. For example, you have an image with a line on it that you don't want. You use the dropper to pick up some of the line

[Gimp-user] Filling on a transparent background

2002-07-06 Thread Karl Auer
Hi there. I have a closed outline on an otherwise transparent layer. I want to fill the area inside the outline, but not the area outside the outline. More accurately, I want to achieve the *effect* of a filled outline surrounded by transparency - it doesn't have to happen on the layer with th