Pfft!Threadjack: In GIMP, is it possible to make an layer's opacity a gradient? E.g. make a layer opaque at the top of the image, grading to transparent at the bottom. If you don't know, but do know there's a way to do it in Photoshop, please tell me; I might be able to map the steps into GIMP.
EDIT: I think I can fudge it with the eraser tool with fadeout, but please tell me if you know of a more elegant way.
(EDIT: I think I can fudge it with the eraser tool with fadeout, but please tell me if you know of a more elegant way.
Bob Todd whee,
Sat 12 Apr 2008, 12:59,
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In photoshop I would do it in one of the following three ways:Lazy way 1: drag a selection box over half the layer, feather it by some large amount, press delete.
Lazy way 2: make a layer with a gradient between a colour and transparent, click on it while holding control (which selects all the pixels depending how transparent they are) and select the layer I want to affect and press delete.
Official way: create a layer mask. This sits alongside the layer and makes it transparent or opaque according to the darkness/lightness of the pixels in the mask.
By the way I like your demons, they are good.
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Sat 12 Apr 2008, 13:10,
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Lazy way 2: make a layer with a gradient between a colour and transparent, click on it while holding control (which selects all the pixels depending how transparent they are) and select the layer I want to affect and press delete.
Official way: create a layer mask. This sits alongside the layer and makes it transparent or opaque according to the darkness/lightness of the pixels in the mask.
By the way I like your demons, they are good.
I'm sure it can be done, but I just tried and I can't find a good/easy way to do it
but the hedgehog can never be buggered at all foreskin of the apocalypse,
Sat 12 Apr 2008, 13:18,
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It can be done in gimp using eraserset eraser to fade out (length as height of layer)
start at top and erase down in a straight line
repeat side by side but dont miss any bits or go over an adjacent erase
hope this makes sense
(start at top and erase down in a straight line
repeat side by side but dont miss any bits or go over an adjacent erase
hope this makes sense
CanonCaliber A big bore,
Sat 12 Apr 2008, 13:20,
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I did this in the end,but I made a custom long thin brush so I could do it in one sweep instead of doing it loads with a normal brush. Ta.
( Bob Todd whee,
Sat 12 Apr 2008, 13:27,
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