Hello, all, I'm in the process of writing a little plug-in that will automate the process of converting a selection to a mask. My goal is to add a layer to the image containing the mask made from the selection. The outline of my process is: 1) Save the selection to a channel 2) Duplicate the original layer 3) Add alpha to the original and duplicate layers 4) Add a layer mask (transparent/black) to the duplicate layer 5) Copy the selection mask saved as a channel 6) Paste the copy buffer onto the duplicate layer 7) Anchor the pasted layer 8) Delete the selection mask channel I've been everything except for deleting the selection mask channel. So far, I've tried: 1) calling gimp_channel_delete() on the channel ID, either preceded by gimp_selection_clear() or by itself. The call returns TRUE. 2) calling gimp_drawable_delete() on the channel's drawable, with and without preceding it by a call to gimp_drawable_detach(). I flush and update the drawable for the duplicated layer when the routine is finished, as I do the drawable associated with the saved selection mask (except, course, when I call delete() on the selection mask channel). In every case, the selection mask channel remains visible in the Layers dialog. I have been working with a grayscale test image, so the selection channel mask and gray channels are the only channels that appear in the dialog. I'm still pretty much a newbie at doing this, so I'm sure there's something I've overlooked. Any ideas? Thanks, Cindy Huyser
