Re: [Gimp-user] alpha channels vs masks

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 09/27/2012 09:09 AM, Elle Stone wrote:
> So again, is there anything that can be done using an alpha channel,
> that can't be done using masks and layers, or vice versa?
Normally, when I want a transparent background in a WEB image
I will use the alpha channel. Never tried to do that with layer masks.

How do you export an irregular foreground image with only alpha
background to png and retain the transparency in the bounding rectangle?

  -- Burnie