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When you want to return to editing the layer image instead of the layer mask, go back to the Layers tab and click on the thumbnail of the layer image. | When you want to return to editing the layer image instead of the layer mask, go back to the Layers tab and click on the thumbnail of the layer image. | ||
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+ | ====== GIMP Transparent Tutorial ====== | ||
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+ | GIMP's Color to Alpha tool is very handy if you know how to use it, and this task seems particularly well suited for it: | ||
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+ | - Open the image in GIMP, and change it to RGB color mode if necessary | ||
+ | - Select Layer -> Transparency -> Color to Alpha... | ||
+ | - Select black (#000000) as the color to make transparent | ||
+ | - Click "OK" | ||
+ | - Save the resulting image in PNG format | ||