Re: [Gimp-user] Book recommendation sought

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 11/15/18 7:41 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:

... > When using a layer mask to "mask out" unwanted
> parts of imported images, the original layer is still there and you can
> refine or change your cutting job by painting on the mask with white to
> restore 'invisible' pixels, or black to 'erase' more of the pesky
> things.  Paint on the mask with a soft edged brush to smoothly blend
> edges - or, with the mask "active" in the layers dialog, do a "Fuzzy
> Select" (magic wand) selection of a sharp edged area, drag and drop
> white or black as required into the selection to feather its edge..
Heh, skipped a step.  Do Select > Feather Selection before the drag and
drop part.

Or, just use the Free Select tool to draw a sloppy outline around the
part of the mask you want to feather, and with that selection active,
use Gaussian Blur to make the sharp edges included in your selection
fuzzy.

:D