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Figure 16-2 . Click in a transparent area using Fuzzy Select Tool to select Actor
In this case, the Fuzzy Select tool is selecting transparency values. In fact, you
should notice that you have to select an option to select transparent areas in an image,
using the Fuzzy Select Tool Options dialog, which can be seen at the bottom of the
Toolbox Tool Options floating palette. As you can see, I have instructed GIMP to not
only “look” at the RGB plates in the image, but also to look at the Alpha plate, by se-
lecting the “Select transparent areas” option.
Now that we have that selection set that contains everything except the sprite char-
acter that we wanted to select, we need to figure out a way to get the opposite of what
we now have selected. Selecting the transparent areas was admittedly much easier than
trying to select the different colored areas of the InvinciBagel character! Fortunately
GIMP has an algorithm that inverts the selection completely, selecting everything that
is not selected, and deselecting everything that is selected.
Under the GIMP 2.8 Select menu, find the Invert option, or, use the Control+I
keyboard shortcut, shown on the menu next to the Invert option, all of which can be
 
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