Buckrogers

Hi

Working with a jpg image, using the square "selection" tool to select an area. Now when I move the selection upwards, a grey area is left where the selection used to be.

When I print the image, the grey area is printed.

This is not how it used to be, the grey used to be a white and greyed checkered box area. When printed or saved and re-opened, it was not there changed to white as it should be!

I have changed something (DOH!) to fix another problem I had, but cant remember what I chnaged!

Any ideas?

I have looked through the "File / Preferences" but cant find anything in there that changes the background.

Thanks in advance for any help.

HHxx

Are you working on it as a jpeg file or a psd file?

If its a jpeg, then I think transparent (white with grey checkerboard) is not an option. Just change the background colour to white. The icon is the 2 squares overlaping on the tools window. One does foreground the other background.

btw, I'm a complete novice using this program

H

Buckrogers

It is jpg not psd.

I have seen the grey white checker boxes before whilst working on jpg files.

Cant see the icon you are refering to?

HHxx

Oops just saw psp, thought you meant photoshop.

Is there not a help file?

Buckrogers

There is a help file, but "needle in a haystack" springs to mind...

"Cutting and Moving

To move a selection by cutting it from the layer, either drag the selection with the selection tool or press and hold the <Shift> key while using the keyboard Arrow keys.
When you move the selection, it changes to a floating selection. The area from which the selection has been cut becomes transparent (or becomes the background color if it is the background layer). You can then drag the selection or move it pixel by pixel."

I've looked at "background color" in the help file, but it does not tell me how or where to change it.....??

(And it is the "background layer" that I'm cutting and moving)

Buckrogers

Anyone????

IWatkins

Make a new image the same size as your jpg. When you select "New" you will have the option to have the colour as transparant.

Then copy your jpg into this new image as a new layer and then you will be able to do what you are asking.

JPGs, BMPs etc. don't have transparancy available when they are the bottom layer or background.

Cheers

Ian

Buckrogers

Thanks for your help Ian.

Buck