Really, the only difference between merge and flatten is the presence of an alpha channel (vs background color) in the final result. The fastest solution would be for the relevant export plugin(s) to have an option controlling whether or not to include the alpha channel as part of the export. Enabled by default, of course, but available nonetheless.
-- Stratadrake [email protected] -------------------- Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth. ________________________________ From: gimp-user-list <[email protected]> on behalf of Jaguar <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 8:29 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Gimp-user] Automatic flattening when exporting I'm using GIMP 2.8.18. In previous versions, if you exported (saved as it used to be) to a format that doesn't support layers, but does support transparency (such as PNG), you would get a dialog asking if you wanted to merge or flatten. This dialog has disappeared, so now, if I want to export a flattened image, I have to manually flatten, export, then undo so that I don't trash my source XCF. Is there a way to automatically flatten before export (other than writing my own extension)? -- Jaguar (via www.gimpusers.com/forums<http://www.gimpusers.com/forums>) [http://www.gimpusers.com/assets/news_without_preview-35e621160a49ad0e6c18ac84161f548e.jpg]<http://www.gimpusers.com/forums> Forums — gimpusers.com<http://www.gimpusers.com/forums> www.gimpusers.com Forums. While there are many different GIMP forums of there, our own forums provide an extended way to communicate because they are connected to the official GIMP ... _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list gimp-user-list Info Page - GNOME Mail Services<https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list> mail.gnome.org To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the gimp-user-list Archives. Using gimp-user-list: To post a message to all the list ... List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list The gimp-user-list Archives - GNOME<https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list> mail.gnome.org GNOME.org. Home; Mailing Lists; List Archives; Search _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
