Freelance web design - CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING 337 If you re
CHAPTER 9 ADVANCED DRAWING 337 If you re happy with the result, make the selection visible again (that way you won t be surprised the next time you try to select something), and then cancel it (Select . None). Save the image as JPEG since it s full color unless you absolutely need the transparency. If you do, make the background layer invisible (you won t want to save that part), and then save in a format that allows transparency, such as GIF or PNG (refer back to Image File Types in Chapter 2 for a discussion of the trade-offs). Even Bigger Fuzzy Borders What if you want more feathering than the 100 pixels that the GIMP allows in its selection tools? Well, while you still have the selection, you can use Select . Feather…. But that doesn t let you preview what the border will look like. A better solution is to make sure the layer mask is selected (it will have a white border, as in Figure 9-5) and then blur it with Filters . Blur . Gaussian Blur…. Figure 9-5. A selected layer mask has a white border. Blurring the existing 100-pixel feathering by another 250 pixels gives a more gradual border, as shown in Figure 9-6.
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