Adding color to the distorted portion of text

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I am trying to add color to the distorted part of an image or text but can't seem to then clear the full back ground from the image as the initial image is no longer whole because of the distortion and the fill runs into my background. Let's see if I can explain this better.

I have distorted text which has transparency behind it.

I want to pull through a different color into that distorted text portion... but keep the transparent back ground.

This photos might help to explain slightly. I got frustrated and began to erase the background by hand. I want to keep the black with gold running through it portion, but erase all else.

xenoid · Answer

Use Color>Color to alpha to remove the white by replacing it with transparency.
To change the color of the remaining bits, just use the "alpha-lock" on the layer, then bucket-fill/paint/apply blend (without a selection). The alpha-lock will preserve opacity, and so will keep the transparent pixels transparent.

Adding color to the distorted portion of text

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