Why my windows are not See-through?

[drpeppercan]

Hi all,

As you will see in my attached .xcf file, I have 2 layers. The bottom layer has a landscape photo, while the top layer has an indoors photo with windows. I selected the windows and proceeded to delete them, thinking that the layer below would show through. But it won't! What gives?!!

What am I missing?

Thanks guys


  nothroughwindows.xcf (Size: 139.58 KB / Downloads: 272)

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[rich2005]

Quote: ...what am I missing..

Alpha channel applied to the wrong layer. Needs to be on the top layer. 

With the top layer active Layer -> Transparency -> Add Alpha Channel

[drpeppercan]

Thank you rich2005

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I don't recall needing to manually add an Alpha channel prior to just making a see-through hole. I was under the impression that I used to just overlap the layers, and make a hole on the top one, and that was it.
Did something change over the past year or so?
Maybe I'm just loosing it.

[Ofnuts]

(02-19-2020, 01:27 AM)drpeppercan Wrote: Thank you rich2005

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I don't recall needing to manually add an Alpha channel prior to just making a see-through hole. I was under the impression that I used to just overlap the layers, and make a hole on the top one, and that was it.
Did something change over the past year or so?
Maybe I'm just loosing it.

Always been that way. But if you import an image with a format that allows transparency, the alpha channel is implicit.

[drpeppercan]

Oh that's it!
Most of the time I work with PNGs. But the photo with the windows was a JPG!

Thank you Ofnuts