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2000-12-19 Michael Natterer <mitch@gimp.org> * yes-i-patched-them-all-again ... Pre 1.2 Version 4
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>Layers</TITLE
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>GIMP User Manual</TH
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NAME="LAYERS-LAYERS-CHAPTER"
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>Chapter 5. Layers</A
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>Table of Contents</B
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HREF="../layers/index.html#LAYERS-LAYERS-INTRODUCTION"
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>What are Layers?</A
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HREF="../layers/using_layers.html"
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>Using Layers</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/layers.html"
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>The Layers Dialog</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/new_layer.html"
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>New Layer</A
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HREF="../layers/stack/stack.html"
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>Stack</A
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>Duplicate Layer</A
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>Anchor Layer</A
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>Delete Layer</A
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>Layer Boundary Size</A
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>Layer to Image Size</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/scale_layer.html"
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>Scale Layer</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/merge_visible_layers.html"
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>Merge Visible Layers</A
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HREF="../layers/merge_down.html"
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>Merge Down</A
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>Flatten Image</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/add_layer_mask.html"
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>Add Layer Mask</A
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>Apply Layer Mask</A
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>Delete Layer Mask</A
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>Layer Mask to Selection</A
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HREF="../layers/add_alpha_channel.html"
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>Add Alpha Channel</A
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>Alpha to Selection</A
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HREF="../dialogs/layers/edit_layer_attributes.html"
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>Edit Layer Attributes</A
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NAME="AEN1503"
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NAME="LAYERS-LAYERS-INTRODUCTION"
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>What are Layers?</A
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> When you create an image, it is made up of thousands of tiny
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pixels, each of which has a color, position, and form the image. It
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can be hard to work on an image organised at this level. It is
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also hard to work on an entire image as one block — this is
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the reason for layers. Layers are in between the tiny size of
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pixels and the large size of the whole image.
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> Using layers, you can construct an image of several conceptual
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parts which can be manipulated without affecting any other part of
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the image. Layers are stacked on top of each other. The bottom
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layer is the background of the image, then components in the
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foreground of the image come above it. Layers can be made to
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affect the look of layers below them. If, for example, a layer is
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made translucent layers underneath will look faded without that
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layer being altered at all. If the translucent layer is later
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removed, the image below returns to how it looked before.
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NAME="LAYERS-OVERVIEW-PNG"
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>Figure 5-1. 3D Representation of an Image with Layers</B
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>Figure 5-2. The Final Image</B
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> Layers are one of the most powerful features in
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> so it is important to
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understand how they can be used.
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