> I just spoke to someone who tried to get rid of the alpha channel on > their image before saving it (his gimp was pre-export stuff). > > It's true that, even though I knew what I was looking for, it took me > a while to find the flatten option. > > The deceiving thing is that while "<Image>/Image/Alpha/Add alpha > channel" exists, the corresponding "Remove alpha channel" is not on > the same menu. This is deeply confusing. You have to go to the L&C > dialog to get the "flatten" option. And only then, if you know what > flatten does, will this make sense. > > I suggest adding a "Remove alpha channel" option to the > <Image>/Image/Alpha/ menu, which just calls the flatten routine. > Since you do not add the Alpha Channel to the image, but to a layer, the <Image>/Image/Alpha/Add Alpha Channel menu is completely misguiding. Add Alpha Channel should be in the Layers menu and, oh, there is Flatten in there too. Surprise, surprise ;-) Salut, Sven
