"Round corners" filter disabled in GIMP

Question

I have an RGB image with one layer, and I want to apply Round Corners filter to it. However, the filter is disabled (look at the image).

What am I doing wrong???

Solution 1

I solved this. If you meet the problem, check the file extension. It seems that round filter does not work with PNG images even if there is no transparency at all. When I loaded JPG, it worked well.

Solution 2

If alpha channel is added, you can not use Round Corner Filter.

To remove alpha channel, use Layer -> Transparency -> Remove Alpha Channel

Solution 3

Some filters do not work on pallet based images. Make sure your image has 24-bit colour depth rather than something like 8-bit (be aware that some formats, like PNG, can support 1-, 2-, 4, or 8-bit pallet based images as well as 24-bit RGB ones).

Comments

[cdmckay]

Why would it matter if there is an alpha channel?

[barfuin]

For me, it worked fine with PNGs after I removed the alpha channel. Maybe your PNG was not in RGB or grayscale mode?

[WayneEra]

as far as i know, JPGs don't have alpha channels, so eventually it goes down to the same solution as zelon's one

[tony gil]

spot on. UPVOTED! :)