[linux-help] Re: GIMP & transparant GIFs

["Clint A. Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Hall wrote:
> 
> 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 :-)
> 

well there was the way I said to do it. Select by color and clear, I
think it easier





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