Hi, "David Necas (Yeti)" <yeti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:23:03PM +0100, Sven Neumann wrote: > > > > I don't agree. The obvious solution whenever manipulation of the > > alpha channel is desired is to use a layer mask. > > For people on this list. > > But most people I know would be able to find the solution > I described -- purely experimentally -- while they don't > know there's anything like layer mask, and mabye will never > find out. anyone who wants to seriously work with images will have to read a book about it or at least look at some online tutorials. Masks are a rather traditional technique offered by all higher-level image-editing applications. I don't think it is asked too much. Salut, Sven