For several years, GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has been one of the best free alternatives to commercial image editors like Photoshop and Corel Draw. It's a free and open-source multiplatform application that lets you do almost the same things you would do on a paid software. You can use GIMP to edit images and to create new ones.

It has a brush, pencil, clone stamp, and an airbrush, among other tools. The features in GIMP are almost identical to those of any other image editor: layers, alpha channels, history, selection tools, transformation, masks, blurring, etc. You can also use GIMP to convert an image format, process files by the batch, create vector images, and edit animated graphics. Jual terlaris mr 252 hardisk external wd for mac.

This features can be extended with different plugins (there are more than a hundred). GIMP can work with almost every current image format, such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, MNG, PCX, PNG, PSD, PS, PDF, TIFF, TGA, SVG and XPM. Its segmented interface can be particularly useful, since it lets you change the layout of the windows at all times, adjusting them to your preference.

You can also just use the default system, similar to that of Adobe.

Given you have an image with three layers, the background layer and your two objects each in its own layer on top of it, you can do the following:. Add a layer mask to each of the two object layers and select Layer's Alpha Channel in the Add Layer Mask dialogue. Select Show Layer Mask in the layer context menu and copy the mask by doing select all and copy in the main window with the respective layer selected in the layers window. You should now have two layers containing just the content of the two layer masks. You might have to use the align tool to get the layer mask copies back on top of their respective layers.

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Combine the layer mask layers with the Lighten Only blend mode and merge them. Remove the layer masks from the two object layers and set them both to 50% opacity. Merge these two, as well. Now create a new layer mask for this new layer (it's pretty much irrelevant what you initialise it with this time). Show the layer mask, copy the layer with the two merged layer masks and use paste into or aligning again to get a new floating layer right on top of the layer with the two objects. Anchor it to make it its new layer mask (this could probably be done with channels more elegantly but I'm not familiar with those anymore).

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Now you should be able to hide the layer mask in the popup menu again and see the final result you desired. Oh and if there's an easier way to do this seemingly simple task of crossfading two layers, I'd also be interested to know. @iis The principle should be the same, though. You might want to go step by step through my description with only two layers to try it out.

Tell me where I wasn't clear enough and you get lost. After you did it once with two layers I'm pretty sure you can do it yourself with more layers. And learning about layer masks in the process is never a bad thing because they are very powerful, even though the implementation in gimp is unnecessarily cumbersome unfortunately. Good luck and let me know if you get stuck. – Jul 14 '13 at 13:16.