How do to keep elements transparant in Gimp?

[ninaenco]

I just started with the Gimp, and I want to know how to keep elements transparant.
The tutorials are great! I already learned a lot. Thank you very much.

[SgD DESIGNS]

I'm glad that you found the tutorials useful!

To make an element transparent, like for an overlay:

Under the Layers Dialog box:

Select the layer that you want transparent and change the "Opacity" bar percentage. 100% Percent mean no opacity, less percent mean more opacity.

The "Opacity" bar is right before the Mode pull down menu.

Then save the image as PNG file.


Note: If all you want is just to have a round image with the corners transparent, then just save the image as a PNG file. (e.g. file extension = .png, like myfilename.png) Gimp will take care of the rest.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks
Norma

[SgD DESIGNS]

Did this helped?

Thanks!
Norma