Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Hi, Second big question is I have a lot of old logos Istored on a black background. Is there a way of turning the black transparent so that I can drop the logos on to a new background? I've looked in my small book but it doesn't cut. Another PS would be what are the best books? The Gimp Manual and Grokking The Gimp? Thanks, Jonathan "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
RE: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Under linux at least, there's a plugin named colortoalpha (i dont't know where in the menu exactly, i believe under Image/Colors, search in the PDB) that can be good for this. -Message d'origine- De: Jonathan Gift [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: vendredi 12 janvier 2001 13:34 À: Gimp Objet: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent Hi, Second big question is I have a lot of old logos Istored on a black background. Is there a way of turning the black transparent so that I can drop the logos on to a new background? I've looked in my small book but it doesn't cut. Another PS would be what are the best books? The Gimp Manual and Grokking The Gimp? Thanks, Jonathan "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
COUTIER Eric wrote: > I think it's the latests versions. Why don't you migrate to gimp-1.2 ? Love to. But I can't grab the compiled deb binaries on the Debian site because they're compiled against sid and that means upgrading a lot of libraries on my potato system and breaking stuff. The other choice, I guess, is finding someone who has compiled it against potato, but I placed a post in Debian and no takers. last choice is compiling it myself... I don't know if it will work with potato's version of the GTK dev libraries and so further upgrading is in store.. Any suggestions welcome. I'd love to have it... BTW I do have a late 1.17 or somthing butw hen it loads it insists on nstalling, not in the customary .gimp directory, but .gimp-1.117 etc. directory. Clearly to show it's not done. ANY way to have it default to .gimp (I tried changing the paths in preferences and no go...). Thanks, Jonathan "Hey, I think I finally got the hang of i-"
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2001-01-12 at 1333.33 +0100): > Second big question is I have a lot of old logos Istored on a black > background. Is there a way of turning the black transparent so that I > can drop the logos on to a new background? There is a colour to alpha plugin, IIRC. Sometimes it needs some manual help, but it is a start. > I've looked in my small book but it doesn't cut. Another PS would be > what are the best books? The Gimp Manual and Grokking The Gimp? Yep, good books. GSR
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Jonathan Gift wrote: > > COUTIER Eric wrote: > > I think it's the latests versions. Why don't you migrate to gimp-1.2 ? > > Love to. But I can't grab the compiled deb binaries on the Debian site > because they're compiled against sid and that means upgrading a lot of > libraries on my potato system and breaking stuff. > > Any suggestions welcome. I'd love to have it... Compile! Its not hard. Just download the source, unzip it, ./configure, make, su to root, and make install. It'll let you know during ./configure if you're missing stuff that you need. I always compile because I like to know that its built perfectly for my system. Debs and RPMS have made people lazy or something... For important things like the Gimp I compile. -- Jon Winters http://www.obscurasite.com/jon/ "Everybody Loves The GIMP!" http://www.gimp.org/
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Seth Burgess wrote: > > Try out my plug-in, colortoalpha. Its found under > Filters/Colors/Color To Alpha... Don't have it, at least on 1.04 which came with potato and I'm trying to get my hand on something more recent... Have you an url for it? BTW, all the plugins I've seen come in source? You have to compile them all? Any special libraries involved? Thanks, Jonathan
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
If the background color is unique in the image, you can just do a Select > By Color and cut it. But you will need to do Layers > Add Alpha Layer first to add the transparency. Hope this helps, Teri Ward Tech Writer/Web Designer Seattle
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Hi, On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 07:09:56AM -0600, Jon Winters wrote: > Jonathan Gift wrote: > > > > COUTIER Eric wrote: > > > I think it's the latests versions. Why don't you migrate to gimp-1.2 ? > > > > Love to. But I can't grab the compiled deb binaries on the Debian site > > because they're compiled against sid and that means upgrading a lot of > > libraries on my potato system and breaking stuff. > > > > Any suggestions welcome. I'd love to have it... > > Compile! Its not hard. Just download the source, unzip it, > ./configure, make, su to root, and make install. > Or, you can add an apt sources line to /etc/apt/sources.list eg: deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free and: apt-get -b source gimp1.2 This will compile the sid GIMP 1.2 package for you. You may have to chase down a few libs (and get the -dev packages for them) - Tal -- /--\ /--\ | Tal Danzig [EMAIL PROTECTED] |--| Linux by Libranet| | |--| The TOP Desktop | | |--| http://www.libranet.com | \--/ \--/
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
Same problem with the upgrade thing running 1.17 also on potato have checked _extensively_ into upgrading but it is a definate no-go :/ Major breakage on a lot of things with the upgrade to woody. Ive decided to sit tight till some major problems with other proggies I run are fixed. About the changing to transparent I usually cut the logo out and paste it onto á tranparent bgbit of a hack ...and not for use with complicated logos lol but for a simple one it works well and sometimes you get some interesting effects :) anyway hope it helps Groetjes VosSedai "Cynics are made, not born." |"Great spirits have always found violent K.Marx | opposition from mediocre minds. The latter | cannot understand it when a man does not | thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices | but honestly and courageously uses his | intelligence"-Albert Einstein- ___ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/
Re: Making Transparent from Non-Transparent
VosSedai wrote: > Same problem with the upgrade thing running 1.17 also on potato have checked > _extensively_ into upgrading but it is a definate no-go :/ Major breakage on > a lot of things with the upgrade to woody. Ive decided to sit tight till > some major problems with other proggies I run are fixed. I'm about to go into that. You sure about the breaking. I've heard from one guy who has it up and running fine and as some great advice, but it looks like his system is a mixed Woody/Sid anyway. I just posted the list of what I think will be required. I'm just worried that it will break existing GTK apps, the libgtk upgrade... Jonathan
