Re: [Gimp-user] image channel question

[Rick Kline <rick kline ms>]

> On Apr 8, 2017, at 1:40 PM, Otro <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
>
> I would appreciate some advice on how to solve a channels problem. Each time I
> open a new image and then open the channels dialog window it shows three layers;
> red, blue and green, all in B&W. How do I return to the base layer in color so I
> can duplicate layers. This now happens with every image I open. And any idea
> what I did to create this problem.
> Thanks
>
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What operating system are you using? I open a color image with GIMP 2.8.20 on an iMac running OS Sierra 
(10.12.3) and when I check the Channels dialog, there are the three channels in greyscale: Red, Green and 
Blue. An individual channel should show as greyscale, since it’s giving brightness information about that 
color.

To the left of the Channels tab is the Layers tab. I click on that and I’m back at the Layers dialog with 
color thumbnail.

Links:
Channels screenshot: https://goo.gl/ifqLr9 <https://goo.gl/ifqLr9> 
Layers screenshot: https://goo.gl/S5YQtE <https://goo.gl/S5YQtE> 

Hope this helps.
Rick

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