[Gimp-user] Making a .gif file transparent

[Sven Neumann]

Hi,

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 08:08 -0700, Nathan Lane wrote:
> Why don't you
>      1. Open the GIF image
>      2. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A)
>      3. Copy it (Ctrl+C)
>      4. Right-click on the image, then click on Edit > Paste as New
>         Image Now you'll have a non-indexed image which will allow you
>         to add transparency, after you're done,
>      5. Select the entire image (Ctrl+A)
>      6. Copy it (Ctrl+C)

You can do all this in three steps:

1. Open the GIF image
2. Convert to RGB colors (Image->Mode->RGB)
3. Copy the image (Ctrl+C) (no need to select it beforehand)


Sven