In the Layers pane we need to right-click on the layer we have coloured blue and select ‘Add Layer Mask’, stick with the default settings and choose a small, soft-edged Paintbrush.

Jack Wallen/ZDNET 2. Layer masks Layer masks are as essential as layers in GIMP. With layer masks, you can selectively modify the opacity/transparency of a layer.

GIMP allows you to combine multiple images using layers, and to blend everything together using the color picker tool to match the background colors.

GIMP is a free, feature-packed image editor with Photoshop-style functionality such as layers, filters, and masking, but it requires patience to master. GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is ...

The technique makes use of layers and layer masks in The GIMP, so it is important to have a basic understanding of what these are beforehand. The next section introduces these concepts and provides a ...

GIMP’s “Cut and Float” option is almost the same thing, with the keyboard Control-Shift-L. This command results with the selection duplicated onto a “floating”, i.e. temporary, layer.

GIMP is a free, feature-packed image editor with Photoshop-style functionality such as layers, filters, and masking, but it requires patience to master. GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is ...

You can also use the GIMP to export any of its other supported image formats to PDF and the export settings let you maintain any layer masks you used in the original image.