Transparent Overlay Tutorial for Misty

You're going to hate me when this is done. It's a lot easier than it sounds.

For starters, open up your image. I'm doing this in Paint.net because I know how to do it in this program. I'm sure you can do it in GIMP, I just don't know how. However, there are some simpler functions that Paint.net does better than GIMP, such as rectangle constraint so you get a nice square really easily.

First, we're going to find our Layers window and click the Add Layer button. It's the little white sheet with a green plus sign in it. Make sure your newly created Layer 2 is selected by clicking on it. It should be highlight blue.

Next, in your Tools Window you'll select Bucket Fill. Pick the color you want and click on your image.

Yeah, it's really purple. Now you're going to go Back to your Layers window and select the Layer Properties button. Again, make sure Layer2 is the Layer selected.

This wonderful little box is going to pop up. We really don't need to worry with the upper window right now, we're concerned with the Blending option below. See that opacity slider? We want to move it down.

As we move it down, the picture starts to become visible through the purple again.

The lower the opacity, the more of your picture is going to show through. Note though, this is going to mean you lose a little of the detail from the picture underneath. If you want those details to pop back up, you can always use the eraser working on Layer 2 to erase the purple film so the base image shows up clearly. Say I want a few of the candles to really pop.

Obviously, you'd be a lot more careful than I was there, but you get the idea of what you can do in order to keep some of your details while still changing the overall color of your image.

So there ya go! Have fun!