Re: [Gimp-user] help with layers!

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:23 PM, kcdrums79 wrote:
>  I take my main photo, add a
> second layer, which before i used to have to add an alpha channel but now it
> seems that its already selected on (??)...i add my gradient then move the layer
> under the main photo so as to be the background....then magic wand the model,
> press delete, the model remains but the underlying layer is not visible

This is because your original background layer is a photo that doesn't
have an alpha channel. Just add an alpha channel to your photo layer.

Alex