On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, David Wright wrote: > Does the gimp support opacity layers? By opacity layer I mean an layer > with a 8-bit numer for each pixel, where instead of being intrepreted as > a gray or color intensity value, the number is intrepreted as a pure > opacity. When it is 255, the pixel is black; when it is 0, the pixel > below shows through perfectly; when it is intermediate, the pixel is an > appropriate average of black and the color of the pixel below. >
What you want to create is a layer with the alpha channel representing your image and a solid color (black or white in your case). Simple steps: 1) Create a new white layer 2) Add layer mask (Black, full transparency) 3) select the layer with your text and in the image press ctrl-a and ctrl-c to select all and copy the image. 4) Select the layer mask in the layers dialog and in the image press ctrl-v to paste. 5) Anchor layer 6) The layer you just created is what you want. (you may like to right click in the layer and "Apply layer mask") I just confirmed these steps in my gimp 1.2.1 but I think there isn't any difference in gimp 2.0.x. PS. If you want to use this image in a web page notice that IE doesn't support 8-bit transparent pngs. (there are some workarounds that you can find in the archives of this list, but nobody should care about IE :P) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
