>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 >Yes to that: imagemagick is the right tool for resizing lots of >images at once and/or adding watermarks to them. Still, if you >are going to edit each image individually in the GIMP to get that >oval, it might be just as convenient to make the watermark on an >otherwise transparent layer, save that as a file of its own, and >drag+drop to add it to each image before saving. > >In re cropping, I think what you probably want to do is make your >oval selection, and do Image > Crop To Selection. That gives you >the rectangle. Then do Select > Invert followed by Edit > Delete >to delete everything in the rectangle except your oval. > >(The usual keyboard shortcut for invert selection is control+i, >for delete is control+x.) > >You can choose the color of the "deleted" area by setting it as >the background color in your color selector tool, if the image / >layer you are working on does not have an alpha channel. The >alpha channel in a layer or image enables transparency; with no >alpha channel, anything you delete will turn into the background >color. > >If the image / layer you are working on has an alpha channel, you >will get a transparent background instead. This is a frequently >used option for non-rectangular image content that will be >displayed on websites. > >To add or remove the alpha channel from your image or layer, right >click on the thumbnail in the Layers dialog and select "Add alpha >channel" or "Remove alpha channel". To preserve a transparent >background in your finished image, export the finished image in >PNG format. Saving as JPG (for instance) will turn the >transparent areas into the background color that is set at the >time, as JPG does not support transparency. > >:o) > >Steve > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) > >iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUKHAXAAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0LcU8QAOjNHfiBZZn3gan/GruobDtu >NfXMJZNdfgjkPEGgUk4q+c1wxW04qO2eFTKdXmiEcEhZDdlLEjf9cz3CXHtd5lMz >mCJC0XMcOAZ32iBedxjPST8okMpEX2kCpvmMtXYvWoqyzbehaN+zCtctuZsey704 >44+BohzAHVSLH9bhu5iB2v9ku1e2/zNHz7ld8+nT2791rPGNGh0MDFn58lxlA5Gz >cRUDPMqSQ1vQ2KLbW21n6d0egrbGlJiDcIApyTJDX9GQ2NvEDhojidZeBZnIqqED >Dn+DbLMdxtiVND0L7EfqWulj+mK0uP+WTvM0Xw85Dmcqpu9f5XkTvPHVKqpxCn6k >E6RZG7NBZTYkqCb8GT3YQbOGPnRPPLFh6KfHEpr9GGJYW+8Jt2HTRoPeAt2GXSHw >0wrySRDcynhwRbkAAMtbjfjowcUM6Whhh89eK9D9bH+8w4Jm4OLkW0ekJsmKLP3l >dbkaxIZt6APqRQZdKgvV0xpmWmgcjpmFeKhuUosxSTjRoXvRg6NV0AU/w3gGIDc+ >hMEKgIIPH45kZEB7PM9AYdilLvRGjatzkRv3azi74zI1ApUr/+yWovDx/NED5GK6 >9pTifYnOv9kMdMjF6uMkWfruCX8OMy/rNqNcU0TzVkmpOx6oIJkYWg5EJjBQGVuq >tP5c0mX9iH/4aRYzFmvh >=lrRu >-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Steve you've helped enormously in showing me how to put the transparency and the oval shape!! Thank you !! -- ermns (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
