Transparent Icons

posted on February 1st, 2012, 5:12 am

You should be able to get semitransparent icons as long as the .png from paint.net was semitransparent.

Try adding a new layer and deleting the background layer before you start working, and using colours with 50% alpha.

If you want to change an existing layer, there's an option in layer properties to change layer opacity

posted on February 1st, 2012, 12:52 pm

Hmm, When I tried it myself it did not work, and I can find no info on GIMP being able to make icons that are not 100% opaque.    Sorry dude, I am out of suggestions.

posted on February 1st, 2012, 2:39 pm

You should be able to get semitransparent icons as long as the .png from paint.net was semitransparent.

Try adding a new layer and deleting the background layer before you start working, and using colours with 50% alpha.

If you want to change an existing layer, there's an option in layer properties to change layer opacity

Any chance you know where to find a tutorial?