Re: [Gimp-user] translucent background?

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Wed, 2020-04-22 at 11:43 -0700, Dave Stevens wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:56:37 +0200
> Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com> wrote:
>
> > - a second layer under the text with a colored rectangle, adjust
> > the
> > layer opacity to taste.
>
> this is what I don't see a setting for. I'm using 2.8 and don't
> understand where to change opacity.

Open the Layers dock (windows->dockable dialogues->layers; it's usually
already open on the left of the image).

Select the layer to be made translucent by clicking on its name in the
list of layers

above the list is a slider, Opacity. Adjust it to taste.

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