Sent: 2010-07-02 19:59:25 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: OneOnTheEdge

Need a bit of help, 2 layer, need to edit

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Well, you'll recognize me :-) I've learned much, have copied my picture over
a background having 2 layers. The picture is semi-transparent, just what I
want. But the picture has a small part I need to either cut, clear, or somehow
get rid of. All I can manage to do is Free Select and draw around what I want
to cut but when I cut the image actually gets more bold and clear. What am I
missing? Thanks....

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Sent: 2010-07-02 20:41:29 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: OneOnTheEdge

Need a bit of help, 2 layer, need to edit

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Well, you'll recognize me :-) I've learned much, have copied my picture over
a background having 2 layers. The picture is semi-transparent, just what I
want. But the picture has a small part I need to either cut, clear, or somehow
get rid of. All I can manage to do is Free Select and draw around what I want
to cut but when I cut the image actually gets more bold and clear. What am I
missing? Thanks....

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Sent: 2010-07-03 11:07:49 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: Branko Vukelic

Need a bit of help, 2 layer, need to edit

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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Greg A. wrote:
> Well, you'll recognize me :-)  I've learned much, have copied my picture over
> a background having 2 layers. The picture is semi-transparent, just what I
> want. But the picture has a small part I need to either cut, clear, or somehow
> get rid of. All I can manage to do is Free Select and draw around what I want
> to cut but when I cut the image actually gets more bold and clear. What am I
> missing?  Thanks....

I'm not sure what you mean by "bold and clear". Usually "clear" is a
good thing, but you don't seem to like your "clear". :)

Anyway, try this method:

http://www.brankovukelic.com/post/526945497/effective-background-extraciton-gimp

Also, when using selection to erase parts of an image, you can control
the softness of the edge by using Select > Feather.

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Sent: 2010-07-03 19:11:34 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: Noel Stoutenburg

Need a bit of help, 2 layer, need to edit

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Greg A. wrote:

> The picture is semi-transparent, just what I
> want. But the picture has a small part I need to either cut, clear, or somehow
> get rid of. All I can manage to do is Free Select and draw around what I want
> to cut but when I cut the image actually gets more bold and clear.

Sounds to me like you are only applying the selection to one layer. Make
your selection, and perform your cut; then, in the layer dialog, select
successive layers without moving the selection, and cut the same part
out of each layer.

Alternatively, if the entire image is as you want it to be, and you have
no need for maintaining the separate layers, merge the layers together,
and then make your cut.

ns

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Sent: 2010-07-04 00:17:54 UTC (over 1 year ago)

From: OneOnTheEdge

Need a bit of help, 2 layer, need to edit

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Neil, your suggestion made sense and worked perfectly. I actually had 5
layers, when I pasted the pic onto the background it was too light so I copied
again, added to the depth, so I ended up doing this 4 times and got just the
right look. So, I needed to cut 4 times, then used smudge to blend. Thanks
for the help guys.......

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