[Gimp-user] How to replace foreground with background pixels

[rhimbo <forums gimpusers com>]

> Ah, thank you, Michael.  By "several" I mean about 6 or 7 files... no
> big deal.
> In most of the files there is only 1 red rectangle.
>
> One thing I forgot to ask... In another image I have (I attached a
> screen grab
> of part of the PDF), there is a dashed or dotted line in the original
> JPEG.  I
> would like to "recover" the dashed line upon removal of the red
> rectangle that
> was drawn "above" it; that is, upon removing the red rectangle I would
> like the
> result to show the dashed line as if the red rectangle was never
> added.
>
> How would I do this?  I'm not sure how I would use the technique you
> suggested
> for this case.
>
> Finally, what format do you suggest using other than JPEG?  
>
>
> Attachments:
> *
> https://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/1307/original/Screen_Shot_2019-11-30_at_2.28.28_PM.png

I seem to recall I saw a YouTube video describing how to take part of an image
and use it to overwrite another area of the image.  But I just can't remember
what term or vocabulary or terminology to use to search for that feature.

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