12-13-2021, 03:48 AM
Win10, Gimp 2.10, newly installed. What I did: I opened an image file in Gimp, which is a business card and I wish to change the color of the yellow text line. I selected the line using Select->(By Color). The text is correctly shown selected. Next choose BucketFill->(Fill similar colors). But the icon shows the circle-slash icon and has no effect.
- I have pored over many internet advice columns. Most of them say I need to do Layer->(New from Visible). When I do this I see another layer on the right labeled Visible, which looks just like the basic layer. But this is no help. There is other advice--maybe something is locked, etc. I have tried some of them but since this is a brand new project, I
doubt if project history is to blame.
- I can create a rectangular region and bucket-fill that very readily. Select-All can be filled. I suppose my image is technically the background and the text is not really selected. But I am sadly missing the GIMP view of my project.