[Gimp-user] How to fill areas of a rotated image...?

[rhimbo <forums gimpusers com>]

Hello everyone,

I'm a very novice user so feel free to explain in detail....!  And I apologize
for my ignorance of the proper terminology in posing my question.

I'm trying to rotate an image.  Actually, I figured out how to rotate it.  But I
can't figure out how to fill in the "empty" triangular areas that represent the
area between the edges of the original image and the horizontal and vertical
edges of the canvas.  I would like to fill these spaces so it is not obvious
that the image was rotated.  How can I do this?

What is the standard way to manipulate images in this manner?

I've attached a sample image that I rotated.  

Thanks in advance.

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/66/original/restaurant-polidor-x.jpg

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