[Gimp-user] extract a reasonably dark image from its background?

[GimpDummy <forums gimpusers com>]

> After Color To Alpha:
> http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/3-aftercolortoalpha.png
> Notice that the blacks are true black, not semi-transparent.  This
> because you started with black, not gray.

> This is what it looks like with a blue background:
> http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/4-withbluebackground.png

> Try it out, let me know if you're still stuck.

> -James

Thanks for making Levels much clearer James.
I got similar  results but never quite saw the graphlike imput levels such as  in your link here: 
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/2-afterlevels.png


I am interested in  the exact process of how you went from  Color To Alpha here:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/3-aftercolortoalpha.png 

to a blue background here:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/4-withbluebackground.png which is much closer to what I 
am after.

So exactly how did you get this Color To Alpha here:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/3-aftercolortoalpha.png 

to a blue background here:
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/4-withbluebackground.png ?? 

and how would you make or change that blue background, to a light turquoise background or foreground or 
whatever the right term is?

Even better, how would you just paste the black image from 
here:http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m171/rocketmonkeys/3-aftercolortoalpha.png

onto the top  right corner of this card 

http://www.divshare.com/download/16735622-95f

assuming the card was made of the right amount of pixels which is my next issue?

Thanks Tom
                                   


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