Good GIMP Book?

[Joel Hammer]

I do not think there is a transparent choice in the bucket fill. It
would be nice.

It is hard to believe that Gimp was tested with casual users when it was
being developed. I wouldn't waste anytime on it gimp unless you want to
be a developer.

Are you sure the background is white after being exported from 00 ?
Maybe it just looks white.  

Joel

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 10:44:09AM -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> >Can anyone recommend a good book on GIMP suitable for an unsophisticated 
> >non-artsy person like me?
> >
> >(Better yet, can anyone recommend an easy-to-use alternative to GIMP?)
> 
> Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. Glad to hear I'm not the 
> only one that thinks the UI on GIMP makes OS/360 JCL look intuitive by 
> comparison.
> 
> I created a simple graphic in OO draw to use as a website banner (just 
> some text in a certain font, color and size). But when I exported it as 
> a .gif from OO, it comes out with a white background rather than 
> transparent like I *told* it to do. Thought it would be simple enough to 
> load it in GIMP and bucket-fill the white background with transparent. 
> But if the bucket-fill in GIMP even works, I can't prove it.
> 
> Think I'll try that online book. After than I'll have to resort to 
> Fireworks on a Win box (bah humbug).
> 
> Thanks again,
> Michael
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