Transparent Paste Failed Me

[Xxxx]

(12-01-2020, 11:39 PM)Barkley#34 Wrote: Hi

I tried to paste a transparent image on the opened brick background in GIMP and it failed. Below is what I did.


1. I 'googled' transparent flowers and got this (png):




2. I right-clicked on the flower and chose 'Copy Image'



3. I opened a brick wall background in GIMP and attempted to paste the what I thought was a transparent flower and it did this:



I'm not sure what I did wrong.

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(12-02-2020, 06:53 AM)Xxxx Wrote: [quote pid='20964' dateline='1606865952']
Your "transparent" image (as I dowloaded it) is not transparent. the background is a solid grey checker!

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