the default Ubuntu file manager:īoth behaviors are contrary to what a user expects.
Possibly GIMP is removing the picture's alpha channel to generate the image for the thumbnail? This is clear when using a tool that leverages an image's thumbnail, e.g. If all three channels have a value of 255 - then the resulting color will be pure white. When you save the image to a format that does not support alpha, but does support a thumbnail, that thumbnail also contains the unredacted picture. In GIMP (currently at 8-bit), that means that each RGB color can have a value from 0 - 255, and combining these three colors with varying levels in each channel will result in all the colors you can see in your image. with ImageMagick "convert" or other tools) and they will have the original, unredacted photo.
But in actuality, anybody can simply remove the alpha channel (e.g. In the right window, you right-click on the small image thumbnail and then click on Duplicate Layer. This is useful for several editing scenarios selecting a sky for replacement, changing a specific color to another, targeting a color to reduce saturation, and much more. Note: When a Convert to RGB Working Space window appears, you click on the Keep. Change the hair to yellow to make it easier to adjust. Saturation will adjust how vibrant the color is - too low and the hair will get gray, two high and it will be nearly-neon. From a UI perspective, the above picture sure seems that it has content removed. The Select by Color tool option allows you to make a selection of your image based on a range of hues. Click on Hue and Saturation and adjust the Hue to turn one color into another one, like vibrant red, purple, green, etc. GIMP simply adjusts the alpha channel to make a hole through the picture. PNG), any "removed" picture information isn't actually removed. GIMP comes with a so-called batch mode that allows you to do image. When you save the image to a format that supports alpha (e.g. The Replace Color adjustment in Photoshop is a simple way to make global changes to a. There are two problems that affect GIMP if you're working on a picture with an alpha layer (e.g.):