Re: Making an image transparent

in message <slrndg6c4p.71r.usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ewan Mac Mahon
('usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx') wrote:

> On Wednesday, 17 August, Paul F. Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Is there any simple way to make a picture transparent (in other words,
>> set the opacity to something like 15%)? I've tried with gimp and can
>> get nowhere.
>>
> Without having tried it, how about this:
>
> - Load the image
> - Add an alpha channel
> - Add a new layer with fill type 'transparent'
> - In the Layers, Channels & Whatever dialog shift the new layer to be
> at
> the bottom, with the image layer above it.
> - Select the image's layer in the same dialog, and shift the opacity
> slider
> to the desired location; that way you should be able to partially see
> through to the (transparent) background.
> - Save in a format that actually support variable alpha (png?)

- Render in an application which actually supports PNG properly (i.e. not
Internet Explorer)

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