"Candy" <cjhemet@xxxxxxx> writes: > I tried to get into the IRC to ask this question but I kept getting a 404 message. My > question is....is "filling with transparent" the same as "tinting"? (explanation: In > the image editor that Photobucket used to have I could change the color of something in > a picture without losing the original shading, etc. They no longer have that image > editor so I am looking for an Open Source program that is easy to use and has that > feature.). If I understand correctly, you can achieve this by creating a new layer, filling with a color, and turning down the layer opacity. If you selected something on the original layer, the same selection is available when you're filling into the new layer (and the original will stay unchanged). You may find http://blog.patdavid.net/2011/10/getting-around-in-gimp-layer-masks.html helpful. -Kevin _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list