Hi,

Does the current version of the Gimp have any tool to delete only a certain color?

I usually do something like:

Select by color to select your color Float the selection
Delete the floating layer

CU

Bart

On 8/18/05, Jakob Dölling wrote:

Hello!
Does the current version of the Gimp have any tool to delete only a certain color?

Two ways to do this:
Filter->Color->Color to Alpha (this will turn your color transparent, which is what deleting it effectively does in the GIMP) Use the Select By Colour tool (looks like a finger pointing at one of three colour buttons) and then click on the colour you want to delete ( you may need to adjust the threshold to get it to work right and try different spots on the colour you want). Then use the delete function; either by right-clicking and click Select->Delete, or pushing the delete button on your keyboard.

If you don't have an alpha channel, then instead there will yield the background colour in the latter; the former will be greyed-out. Solve by right clicking the layer and clicking "add alpha channel".

When/if you flatten the image, transparency turns into the background colour. You can also maintain a background layer (with your background colour) under the image...

On Thursday 18 August 2005 17:17, michael chang wrote:

When/if you flatten the image, transparency turns into the background colour. You can also maintain a background layer (with your background colour) under the image...

i just tried the channel to selection thing, seems to work too, go to dialogues/channels, select the colour you want to delete (well you've only got the three ranges but still..:)) and click channel to selection, it'll select all the colours in that range, then go to edit and cut. have no idea if that is what you meant but i thought it was neat :)

sammi

Hi,

Bart Vetters writes:

I usually do something like:

Select by color to select your color Float the selection
Delete the floating layer

Why floar and delete if you can just Edit->Cut or Edit->Clear?

Sven

On 8/18/05, sam ende wrote:

On Thursday 18 August 2005 17:17, michael chang wrote:

When/if you flatten the image, transparency turns into the background colour. You can also maintain a background layer (with your background colour) under the image...

i just tried the channel to selection thing, seems to work too, go to dialogues/channels, select the colour you want to delete (well you've only got the three ranges but still..:)) and click channel to selection, it'll select all the colours in that range, then go to edit and cut. have no idea if that is what you meant but i thought it was neat :)

Not what I meant [ I meant that A) if you flatten an area with alpha-only bits in it, then the transparent area turns into the background colour, and B) a layer underneath a second layer with transparent areas will shine through, so you can have the bottom layer be a "background" ] but if it works for you, then that's good enough. ^^