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Add Transparent Window to Existing - DestructZero - 07-13-2024
I've searched all over and I can't seem to find the answer to my question. I have a PNG image of an airplane fuselage with two windows that are transparent. All I want to do is to add a third window between them, and I can't make it work. I've read that I need to create a new layer and 'Add Alpha Channel' but that option is greyed out. I also read that if I do Windows --> Dockable Dialogs --> Channels and see 'Alpha' as an option (which is there) that means the Alpha Channel has already been added, which I guess makes sense because there are already two 'windows' on the image that are transparent.
With that information, could someone please walk me through the steps to create a third window that will be transparent? The online videos and help I've found show me how to remove the background around a part of an image to make it transparent, but that's not what I need in this case.
Thank you very much for your help!
RE: Add Transparent Window to Existing - Krikor - 07-13-2024
(07-13-2024, 04:12 PM)DestructZero Wrote: I've searched all over and I can't seem to find the answer to my question. I have a PNG image of an airplane fuselage with two windows that are transparent. All I want to do is to add a third window between them, and I can't make it work. I've read that I need to create a new layer and 'Add Alpha Channel' but that option is greyed out. I also read that if I do Windows --> Dockable Dialogs --> Channels and see 'Alpha' as an option (which is there) that means the Alpha Channel has already been added, which I guess makes sense because there are already two 'windows' on the image that are transparent.
With that information, could someone please walk me through the steps to create a third window that will be transparent? The online videos and help I've found show me how to remove the background around a part of an image to make it transparent, but that's not what I need in this case.
Thank you very much for your help!
Without an image as an example I am left with assumptions.
What I could suggest with the idea I have in mind about the situation is that you could use ready-made images like those found for example at: https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/airplane-window-transparent
Another option would be to use the Clone Tool and copy one of the windows to create the third.
RE: Add Transparent Window to Existing - denzjos - 07-13-2024
Do you want full transparent or half transparent. Full is just select an area and delete the selection. Half is by copy the selection to a new layer and delete the selection on the plane. Then make the new layer half transparent so you can see the background (here faces in the example)
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RE: Add Transparent Window to Existing - rich2005 - 07-13-2024
It is better if you post the image or if greater than 500kb a link to the image.
Some pointers.
When a layer has an alpha channel, transparency, the layer name is normal type. No transparency, the layer name is in bold type. (3)
A different check is Layer -> Transparency -> Add Alpha Channel. When that is "greyed-out" the layer already has transparency.
Then it depends on your image. Not all downloads are truthful. Transparency is usually denoted in graphics as a checker pattern. Sometimes that pattern is "baked-into" the image (1). That is not transparency. Transparency in Gimp will show solid underlying layers (2)
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