[linux-help] GIMP & transparant GIFs

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Someone was asking how to save transparant GIFs in GIMP... here's the only
way I've found to do it... (it's a pain in the butt!)

1. Open/create the image...
2. Open the Layers/Channels dialog box (Ctrl-L)
3. Create at least one extra layer.  If you're gonna actually use layers,
   create one more layer than you need--and make sure it's the BOTTOM (i.e. 
   "Background") layer.
4. Edit/modify your image as you like... leaving the bottom/background layer
   unused.  Leave "holes" in the above layer(s) where you want the
   transparancy to be.
5. When you're ready to save the image, on the Layers/Channel dialog,
   highlight the bottom/background layer, and delete it.  This leaves the
   top layer(s) unmodified, with its transparant spots actually
   transparant...  Then save the image as normal.

In my experience, this is the only way to create an unlayered image with
transparancy... Why you (I?) cannot delete stuff on an image with only one
layer, and it be transparant (and not just WHITE) is beyond me...

If there's an easier way to do this, please let me know :-)


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