Without it, the GIMP eraser will erase to white. Keep reading to find out. If you have an active selection within GIMP at the moment, the eraser is only going to erase whatever is inside of that selection. A less common reason why you may be having trouble erasing your image could be because the eraser opacity is set to 0.
Try out several just to be sure. In GIMP version 2. Having it set at anything less than will reduce the size of the space your eraser erases, so make sure you have it set to Another reason why your eraser may not be erasing to transparency is because you have anti erase enabled in the tool settings. This will prevent the eraser from doing its job.
With the eraser tool selected, navigate to the bottom left-hand side of your screen to the tool settings. At the very bottom of the list you should see Anti erase Alt. Make sure it is not enabled. It is represented by a little paintbrush icon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Read affiliate disclosure here. I read another post of yours and tried right click then add alpha channel. I swear nothing changed there was already an alpha channel but suddenly I could delete. You have to adjust them in a way that each part of a layer is visible.
For instance, in the below image, the top layer has dandelion, and only certain portions of the sunset layer are visible. If I move the dandelion layer below sunset, then the entire sunset layer will become visible as shown in the second image. To reorder layers, click and drag the layer to its new position in the layer panel.
Alternatively, use the up and down arrows present in the layer panel to change the position of the selected layer. To delete a layer, right-click on it and select Delete Layer from the menu. Alternatively, select the layer and click on the delete icon in the layer panel. You can even drag the layer to the delete icon to remove it. To do so, select the layer, go to Edit in the top bar, and choose Clear.
When you have multiple layers in GIMP, deleting or clearing a layer seems a harsh step as it removes the main content of the layer. To do so, click on the eye icon present on the left side of the layer name in the layer panel. To make it visible, click on the blank area where the eye icon is supposed to be.
As you can see in the image above, even though the top layer is the sunset layer, we can see dandelion and the layer below that. Many times, we want to add an image from our computer onto the current image. To superimpose an image or to import an image to a layer, you need to open it as a layer.
Alpha channels are important for creating transparency. When you add an image as a layer in GIMP, typically there will be no alpha channel. To view the transparent background or the layer beneath it, you need to add an alpha channel. Layers without an alpha channel appear in bold. So you can quickly identify such layers. You can resize a layer by scaling it. There are two ways to scale a layer. You can either manually input the size of your layer or use your mouse to change the size.
In the first case, right-click the layer and click on Scale Layer. The Scale Layer dialog box will open. Enter the required dimensions. For the second method, first, select the layer and then click on the scale tool present in the toolbar. Once the tool is enabled, use your mouse to change the size of the layer. Many of us have shirts with imagery on both sides. Thanks, that was so easy!
I ran into an issue, maybe you can advise me on what is happening? Even though I changed the color to the same blue in the color picker it showed up as dark gray when applied. I tried to use other colors and each hue shows up in grayscale when applied. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. Mobile devices, such as smartphones, traditionally aren't thought of as useful tools for photo editing. However, if an iPhone is all you have any you need to make a basic edit to an image such as If you only have flattened, rasterized copies of your logo such as PNG and JPG then you may find it difficult to make alterations such as color.
In this tutorial we'll be using a workaround that The first thing we are going to do is fill our new image with black. The first step to doing so is to make sure that the Foreground Color is appropriately set.
We want to set the color to black RGB 0, 0, 0 :. With the foreground color set, we can now use the Bucket Fill Tool to fill in our image:. Once the tool is activated, your cursor should appear as to the left. To fill the layer you need only click on the image area at this point.
Your image should now fill with black. Now we want to add text to our image to create our logo with. Now, you can follow the above procedures again to set the foreground color. With the foreground color set to white, we can now use the Text Tool to add some text to our image:.
We can now draw a box on our canvas image to hold the text. This is what you should see on your canvas after clicking and dragging from the top-left to the bottom-right to define your text box:. Once the text boundary box is sized appropriately, we can just type some text. Chances are when you first start entering text, it will be very small on your canvas. If you want to make your text appear bigger, you can change the Size in the field shown.
You may also not like the font that is chosen by default. In that case, we can change the Font to something better by clicking the icon. This will open a drop-down to scroll through all the fonts that GIMP knows about on your system.
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