Re: [Gimp-user] What HAVE I done??

[John Coppens <john jcoppens com>]

On Mon, 28 May 2012 15:55:46 -0400
Allan Topp <ad707 ncf ca> wrote:

> I have been blissfully GIMPing away ... and all of a sudden when I try 
> to delete/erase/make transparent a selection it instead fills the 
> selection with the foreground colour.
>
> Anyone have idea what I've done and how to fix it?
>
> TIA

Ctrl-Z comes to mind...

I suspect you are in an image mode without transparency (alpha) layer.
Add it and cutouts should be transparent.

John