Re: [Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread Lea Wiemann
David Gowers wrote: On Nov 26, 2007 7:29 PM, Lea Wiemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd like to turn a black background into white [...] The problem is that the boundary between background and object is usually fuzzy. 1. Use magic wand to select background 2. Convert the selection to a path, a

Re: [Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread Pere Pujal i Carabantes
El dl 26 de 11 del 2007 a les 03:59 -0500, en/na Lea Wiemann va escriure: > Hi, > > I'd like to turn a black background into white, or transparency (in > which case it should look cut if displayed on a white background). My > practical use case is photos of objects with black backgrounds that

Re: [Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread Dave 77459
On Nov 26, 2007 3:57 AM, Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:59:23 -0500 > Lea Wiemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Any ideas on this one? > > > If you are using 2.4, Colours->Colour to alpha > or in 2.2 Filters->Colours->Colour to alpha > > After that, make a new layer an

Re: [Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread David Gowers
Hi Lea, On Nov 26, 2007 7:29 PM, Lea Wiemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to turn a black background into white, or transparency (in > which case it should look cut if displayed on a white background). My > practical use case is photos of objects with black backgrounds that I'd >

Re: [Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread Owen
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:59:23 -0500 Lea Wiemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to turn a black background into white, or transparency (in > which case it should look cut if displayed on a white background). My > practical use case is photos of objects with black backgrounds that

[Gimp-user] Turn black background into white -- with fuzzy edges

2007-11-26 Thread Lea Wiemann
Hi, I'd like to turn a black background into white, or transparency (in which case it should look cut if displayed on a white background). My practical use case is photos of objects with black backgrounds that I'd like to improve for Wikipedia. The problem is that the boundary between backg