Re: [Gimp-user] Removing white border.

2010-07-21 Thread Owen
> This problem involves an illo to be used on a book cover in > Scribus. > > Some time back I took a photo of a church with a white sky > background (OK very light gray). I was able to select and > delete the background so now I have the church plus a > transparent background. I saved it as png.

Re: [Gimp-user] Removing white border.

2010-07-21 Thread Chris Mohler
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:38 PM, John Culleton wrote: > Currently the illo is in png form, though of course I can go > back to the original jpg from the scanner. Using either > product, the png or the original jpg, how do I eliminate both > the sky and the white line? Open the PNG. File->Save As

[Gimp-user] Removing white border.

2010-07-21 Thread John Culleton
This problem involves an illo to be used on a book cover in Scribus. Some time back I took a photo of a church with a white sky background (OK very light gray). I was able to select and delete the background so now I have the church plus a transparent background. I saved it as png. When i use

[Gimp-user] White color when deleting

2010-07-21 Thread Ramlyn
>Hi, >Most probably you don't have an alpha channel on that layer. To add an >alpha channel, right-click on the layer name in the Layers Dialog and >choose Add alpha channel. >Abel Wow! You are right! Thank you so much! By the way I guess you are from Hungary. I'm listening to Hungarian m

Re: [Gimp-user] White color when deleting

2010-07-21 Thread Tőkés Ábel
7/21/2010 12:23 PM keltezéssel, Ramlyn írta: > I downloaded the last version of GIMP and started to use it. But I have a big > problem. > When I use the deletion tool, it doesn't delete to transparent but to white. > I don't know why. > It doesn't happen only with the background picture. Also wit

[Gimp-user] White color when deleting

2010-07-21 Thread Ramlyn
I downloaded the last version of GIMP and started to use it. But I have a big problem. When I use the deletion tool, it doesn't delete to transparent but to white. I don't know why. It doesn't happen only with the background picture. Also with any other layer. Does anybody know a solution? -- Ra

Re: [Gimp-user] Free select tool in 2.6

2010-07-21 Thread Jeffery Small
Martin Nordholts writes: >On 07/19/2010 10:48 AM, Jeffery Small wrote: >> >> I recently upgraded from Gimp 2.4.3 to 2.6.8. The free select tool has >> changed to allow polygon edges and this also now requires that the stop >> point be extremely close to the start point in order to close the area