Hi Steve, Thanks for the help and sorry for the delay in responding. I'll run thru your suggestion today.
Roy >On 02/28/2012 12:52 AM, mamboze wrote: >> I've got a problem editing an image with a dotted background in it. By >> 'dotted', I mean an array of small evenly spaced black dots on a white >> background. >> >> I've tried the fuzzy select tool which kind of works. It fills in the white >> space with the color I want but leaves the dots untouched. I want to get rid >> of the dots. >> >> The image has a lot of rectangles containing text (these are not dotted) on >> this dotted background so using the select tool would be a real chore. >Hey Mamboze, >Try this: >* Make a new layer, fill it with your desired background color, and >move it down so it is under your original image layer. >(This is done in the Layers tab of your dock window.) >* Select the original image layer, right click on it, and Add Layer >Mask. Make the mask white - "full opacity". >* Open up your color selector (add set a light gray color - about >50% gray. >* Click on the layer mask to select it, then drag & drop to the main >image window to fill the mask with gray. >* Back in the color selector, get some pure white selected. >* Turn on your rectangular select tool. Start using that to select >your rectangles with text in the main image window, drag and drop to >fill them with white. >(This will bring your rectangles back to their original appearance >by restoring the mask's effect to 100% opacity in those areas.) >* All done? Use the "magic wand" or the "select by color" tool to >select the gray in your layer mask. >* Back in the color selector, get some 100% black going, drag and >drop to fill the selected gray area in your mask with black. >That will make your dots vanish entirely, leaving the layer below >fully visible. You can use the select tools with drag and drop, or >any of the painting tools, to correct any errors in your mask by >adding white (make parts of the layer visible) or black (making >parts of the layer invisible). >If you use the GIMP long enough, you will start to think of an image >as a stack of layers, and using masks will (almost!) completely >replace the "erase" tool. >Another neat thing to play with is to make a copy of a layer, apply >a filter that you want to use on some but not all parts of the >finished image, and make the altered layer transparent by adding a >black layer mask. Then, painting in the image window with white >will enable you to "paint the image with" the filter(s) you applied >to the new layer. >:o) >Steve -- mamboze (via gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
