GIMP Version: 2.6.12
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: Windows 7
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

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Hello,

I've been searching on the Internet for a flashing or blinking (whichever term you prefer to use) tutorial. I can't seem to find one anywhere and it's frustrating me. Most of them flash but have something in the background. I want my text to blink on a transparent background. But, every time I add a transparent layer to make it flash it just goes over the blank layer and doesn't make it flash.

I hope that makes sense and I'd appreciate any advice or help I could get.

Thank you!

I'm not exactly sure what your trying to do so I might be wrong here but I think your text needs a reference layer not a transparent when it's off. Why not try putting something in your bottom layer and play with it's opacity to give it the appearance of transparency.

Not sure what exactly you are doing. Put the text layer on a transparent background on the bottom layer.
Then the blank transparent layer on the top layer.
It must be this order and it cannot be the reverse order.
Put these two simple examples I made into gimp, and look at the layers and you will see.
And you need to learn about (replace) and (combine) when dealing with animations.

Yes, I'm trying to do the first example Barbie posted.

This is actually what I'm doing:



I make the text change color and then at the end I want it to blink (which it currently is blinking). But, I want the blink to not show the text behind it.. I want the text to blink as a whole because right now the only think that blinks is the purple.. The text behind it stays there and doesn't blink. I hope that makes a bit more sense.

@Barbie: I saved your image and I looked at it in GIMP and I see you have a transparent layer and then you have the text layer. So, I put the transparent layer first and then the text layer. It only blinks once and I'd like for it to blink twice before the text starts filling in with the purple. I hope this all makes sense.

? ? ? Each one is a bit different. Check layers in gimp. I told you that you have to learn about using (replace) and (combine).
Just to note: In your original, the purple hardly appears purple to me, and the purple text is not very readable to me.
I made no changes but the flashing text though. Adjust timer for the flashing layers.

Okay the ones above flash the purple text. These two flash the white text. They are both different layering. Check the difference in Gimp.
Set the flash time to what you want.

I understand now, thank you! I'll go now to read up on (replace) and (combine).