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saving layers Norman Silverstone 01 Sep 15:02
  saving layers saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com 02 Sep 03:43
   saving layers Norman Silverstone 02 Sep 08:16
  saving layers Chris Mohler 03 Sep 03:28
Norman Silverstone
2009-09-01 15:02:10 UTC (over 15 years ago)

saving layers

Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please?

Norman

saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com
2009-09-02 03:43:44 UTC (over 15 years ago)

saving layers

Quoting Norman Silverstone :

Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please?

Make the layer you wish to save active by clicking on its thumbnail preview in the Layers Dialog, then from the File Menu select the "Save As" item. Give your filename a ".png" extension.

Since the PNG format does not support multi-layer images, you will be presented with an Export Dialog which asks whether you want to Flatten your image or Merge its layers; you want to do neither so click on the "Ignore" button and just the active layer will be saved.

Repeat the process for the other layers.

Norman Silverstone
2009-09-02 08:16:33 UTC (over 15 years ago)

saving layers

Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please?

Make the layer you wish to save active by clicking on its thumbnail preview in the Layers Dialog, then from the File Menu select the "Save As" item. Give your filename a ".png" extension.

Since the PNG format does not support multi-layer images, you will be presented with an Export Dialog which asks whether you want to Flatten your image or Merge its layers; you want to do neither so click on the "Ignore" button and just the active layer will be saved.

Repeat the process for the other layers.

Thank you for that way of dealing with the problem. I have found another way which is to drag the thumbnail up to the tool box when a new window opens and the image can be saved from there as '.xcf' or even worked on before saving.

Norman

Chris Mohler
2009-09-03 03:28:11 UTC (over 15 years ago)

saving layers

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Norman Silverstone wrote:

Suppose there are three different layers in a stack that need to be saved individually and then used as the input for a RPI plugin. What would be the best procedure to use, please?

Here is a plug-in to export all layers as PNG files: http://registry.gimp.org/node/18440

I wrote it as an exercise in learning more about python and GIMP, so it's not battle-tested. May kick your dog, eat your kittens, etc. Only tested on linux, but it *should* work on win/mac.

Although if you are only dealing with three layers, it probably won't help much - I was thinking of having 10 or 20 layers and having to save each one...

Chris