Deleting multiple layers
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| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 06:03 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Ofnuts | 19 Jan 08:16 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 08:19 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Ofnuts | 19 Jan 11:10 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 11:17 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Rob Antonishen | 19 Jan 12:27 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 12:36 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Tőkés Ábel | 19 Jan 13:02 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 13:10 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Jeremy Nell | 19 Jan 15:47 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Martin Nordholts | 20 Jan 21:29 |
| Deleting multiple layers | rich | 19 Jan 14:04 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Kevin Brubeck Unhammer | 19 Jan 19:31 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Szabolcs Hideg | 20 Jan 09:19 |
| Deleting multiple layers | Kevin Brubeck Unhammer | 20 Jan 10:34 |
Deleting multiple layers
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
Deleting multiple layers
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
Deleting multiple layers
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
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Deleting multiple layers
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
Deleting multiple layers
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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Deleting multiple layers
Because it simply isn't scriptable.
There is no way to multiselect so there is no way to delete multi selected layers.
One could use/abuse other layer toggles by having a script delete all:
Linked or not linked layers,
Visible or non visible layers,
Trans locked or not translocked layers.
-Rob A>
On 1/19/11, Jeremy Nell wrote:
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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So, are you saying that it isn't possible in Gimp? If so, then Photoshop wins this round (sadly) because such a feature because is useful and makes working a bit more streamlined and intuitive.
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 07:27 -0500, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Because it simply isn't scriptable.
There is no way to multiselect so there is no way to delete multi selected layers.
One could use/abuse other layer toggles by having a script delete all: Linked or not linked layers,
Visible or non visible layers,
Trans locked or not translocked layers.-Rob A>
On 1/19/11, Jeremy Nell wrote:
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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The source code of Gimp is available, you are free to do this whenever you want.
On 1/19/2011 1:36 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
So, are you saying that it isn't possible in Gimp? If so, then Photoshop wins this round (sadly) because such a feature because is useful and makes working a bit more streamlined and intuitive.
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 07:27 -0500, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Because it simply isn't scriptable.
There is no way to multiselect so there is no way to delete multi selected layers.
One could use/abuse other layer toggles by having a script delete all: Linked or not linked layers,
Visible or non visible layers,
Trans locked or not translocked layers.-Rob A>
On 1/19/11, Jeremy Nell> wrote:
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there > should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
> On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote: >
> > On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote: > >
> > > If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should > > > have the option to drag all of them into the bin. > >
> >
> > But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know... > >
> >
> > > Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling > > > the deletion of multiple layers? > >
> >If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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I know nothing about code. However, I am happy to contribute ideas (like I just have) for future releases, scripts, etc. Unless, of course, only those in the know are permitted to do such things. (That was a joke ... before some uptight developers get even more edgy.)
Where can I submit this idea, officially?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 14:02 +0100, Tőkés Ábel wrote:
The source code of Gimp is available, you are free to do this whenever you want.
On 1/19/2011 1:36 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
So, are you saying that it isn't possible in Gimp? If so, then Photoshop wins this round (sadly) because such a feature because is useful and makes working a bit more streamlined and intuitive.
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 07:27 -0500, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Because it simply isn't scriptable.
There is no way to multiselect so there is no way to delete multi selected layers.
One could use/abuse other layer toggles by having a script delete all: Linked or not linked layers,
Visible or non visible layers,
Trans locked or not translocked layers.-Rob A>
On 1/19/11, Jeremy Nell wrote:
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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Deleting multiple layers
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
None that I know of.
Depends on the ratio of layers to delete / layers to keep. If only one or two to keep, make them non-visible then merge all visible layers then you only have one layer to delete.
Deleting multiple layers
Actually, using the script that merges linked layers, I suppose the user can simply link-and-merge the layers he wants deleted, then deleting the merged layer.
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 14:02 +0100, Tőkés Ábel wrote:
The source code of Gimp is available, you are free to do this whenever you want.
On 1/19/2011 1:36 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
So, are you saying that it isn't possible in Gimp? If so, then Photoshop wins this round (sadly) because such a feature because is useful and makes working a bit more streamlined and intuitive.
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 07:27 -0500, Rob Antonishen wrote:
Because it simply isn't scriptable.
There is no way to multiselect so there is no way to delete multi selected layers.
One could use/abuse other layer toggles by having a script delete all: Linked or not linked layers,
Visible or non visible layers,
Trans locked or not translocked layers.-Rob A>
On 1/19/11, Jeremy Nell wrote:
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know which layer you want). Simple.
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them
one by one, is it because you created them by hand
Correct. Much like most of the graphic design / illustration world (who use Photoshop), layers (sometimes many many layers) are standard and don't have to be justified.
If not a standard feature, why can't this, at least, be a script?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 12:10 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 09:16 +0100, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 07:03 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
If I select multiple layers (by, say, ctrl-clicking), I should have the option to drag all of them into the bin.
But can you select multiple layers? Not as far as I know...
Unless I've missed it somewhere, is there is a script enabling the deletion of multiple layers?
If you have so many layers than it's has become tedious to delete them one by one, is it because you created them by hand or because they have been auto-generated by a script?
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Jeremy Nell writes:
Actually, using the script that merges linked layers, I suppose the user can simply link-and-merge the layers he wants deleted, then deleting the merged layer.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/25004 does this work?
(I always thought the "link" meant "this layer can't be modified". Have never actually used it though.)
Deleting multiple layers
Linking layers means, that if you move a layer around, all linked layers move with it.
2011/1/19 Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Jeremy Nell writes:
Actually, using the script that merges linked layers, I suppose the user
can simply
link-and-merge the layers he wants deleted, then deleting the merged
layer.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/25004 does this work?
(I always thought the "link" meant "this layer can't be modified". Have never actually used it though.)
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Szabolcs Hideg writes:
Linking layers means, that if you move a layer around, all linked layers move with it.
Ah, you learn something new every day :)
Deleting multiple layers
On 01/19/2011 12:10 PM, Ofnuts wrote:
On 01/19/2011 09:19 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
No, you can't select multiple layers. I'm suggesting that there should be a way to do so (and delete them).
The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
One way to deal with it would be to have two concepts, active layers and selected layers. There is only one active layer, but there can be several selected layers. When you paint, the active layer is affected. When you free-transform, the selected layers are affected. Whenever there is only one selected layer, that layer is also the active layer.
On 01/19/2011 12:17 PM, Jeremy Nell wrote:
> > The ability to select multiple layers opens a rather large can of
> worms. What happens when you paint with several layers selected?
>
> Then Gimp simply doesn't allow you to paint (because it doesn't know
> which layer you want). Simple.
Not painting at all is not a very good solution if the user clearly acts like he wants to paint. It's better to make a best-guess; if it was wrong, well then the user have to be more specific. At least we tried our best.
/ Martin
