Re: [Gimp-user] How to add transparency to half an image

2009-09-17 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 06:11:06PM +0200, mrlew wrote: Okay, that makes sense. And that is what I was trying to do. But how do I separate the image into halves? Top half bottom half and only add transparency mask to the bottom half? Fill the mask with a black to white gradient.

Re: [Gimp-user] How to add transparency to half an image

2009-09-17 Thread bgw
On 09/15/2009 09:11 AM, mrlew wrote: Okay, that makes sense. And that is what I was trying to do. But how do I separate the image into halves? Top half bottom half and only add transparency mask to the bottom half? Thanks Another approach might be to -- rectangle select bottom half -- cut --

[Gimp-user] How to add transparency to half an image

2009-09-15 Thread Bernhard S.
Hi all, I'm new here. I'm trying to add a transparency to the bottom half of an image, make it lighter so I can emphasize the text on the image. I keep cropping the image and getting frustrated. You can use layer masks to achieve this effect. Right click the layer in the layer dialog add