On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Rick Duley <rickdu...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been poking around manuals and such in GIMP but I cannot find the > magic word. > I'm not a computer graphics geek - not by any standards - so I just > refer to the functionality I need as "transparency". I need a GIF > file with a transparent background. I assume GIMP can handle it, but > would someone please tell me where the necessary information to do so > is cloistered, > > Thanks
Owen's information is unrelated to what you want, assuming you mean total transparency. (if you mean partial transparency, GIF doesn't support it -- PNG does, though) First, The layer must have an alpha channel. Right click on the layer in the layers dialog and select 'add alpha channel'. If it's grayed out, it already has an alpha channel. Second, you must cut out the areas you want to be transparent. If you are trying to do color-keying, the 'select by color' tool will probably be helpful (followed by Edit->Clear to clear the area) You can then export a GIF (or save one, depending on whether you are using a new or old version of GIMP) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
