CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING 335 Figure 9-2.
CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING 335 Figure 9-2. Make a selection where you want the border to be. Now add a layer mask to the image layer: right-click on the layer in the Layers dialog and choose Add Layer Mask…. (In some GIMP versions, you may not be able to create a layer mask unless the image has transparency. If Add Layer Mask… is grayed out, use Layer . Transparency . Add Alpha Channel for that.) Under Initialize Layer Mask to: choose Selection (Figure 9-3). This will make the new layer mask white inside the selection and black outside of it, which is exactly what you want. Now you have an image with a fuzzy boundary. Everything outside the selection is transparent, so GIMP will show it with a checkerboard pattern. To find out how the image will really look on a web site, there are two additional steps. First, hide the selection with View . Show Selection or Control+T. Second, make a new layer of white (or any other background color you prefer) and move it below the image layer. That will give you a much better idea of how your fuzzy border looks (Figure 9-4).
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