Re: [Gimp-user] removing the background from a scanned text

2007-03-08 Thread Chris Mohler
On 3/8/07, Ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 08 March 2007 12:39, Claus Cyrny wrote: > > 6. The last step would be 'Layer > Colors Apply Layer Mask...'. This > > will remove the > > background from the scan, leaving only the text > > Hello Claus, > Many thanks for your help... I got as fa

Re: [Gimp-user] removing the background from a scanned text

2007-03-08 Thread Ed
On Thursday 08 March 2007 12:39, Claus Cyrny wrote: > 6. The last step would be 'Layer > Colors Apply Layer Mask...'. This > will remove the > background from the scan, leaving only the text Hello Claus, Many thanks for your help... I got as far as point '6' but I can't seem to find any variant o

Re: [Gimp-user] removing the background from a scanned text

2007-03-08 Thread Claus Cyrny
P.S.: To keep the transparency, you should finally save the text either as TIFF, PNG, or XCF. JPEG doesn't support transparency. Claus ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] removing the background from a scanned text

2007-03-08 Thread Claus Cyrny
Hi Ed, Ed wrote: > Hello all, > My knowledge of Gimp and image editing borderlines /dev/null so bare with me > please! > > Is there a way to make the background transparent so that only the hand > written text remain after I have scanned a document... or do I need a tablet? > > The document is s