Ok, but, when you merge, do you not lose the ability to go back and fix something that you might decide needs adjusting? I thought that was the main point of using layers. I see that xcf files seem to take a long time to save - I guess that is, I suppose, due to their size. One thing puzzles me, though. I would thing that layers in an xcf file would only represent references to adjustments and the underlying file (not unlike an edit decision list in a video editing application or the contents of an indd. file in Adobe InDesign (and none of those files are large, although the underlying files might occupy gigabytes of data. I'm just a-wonderin' why the xcf files grow so large.
At any rate, I'm glad to be (finally) on the right track. Thank you all for your helpful replies. Caruso >< big snip > > >> The .xcf file archives my progressive work on the photo so that I can go back >> and refine my work/revise my edit decisions, etc. The TIFF gives me a full >> resolution "final" product. The RAW file archives the original image as it >> came out of the camera. >> >> This business with the layers is new to me as of today. I'd never worked >> with layers in this manner. In fact, I had never worked with layers much at >> all until today. >> >> So, my question: Does the above make sense with regard to layers, or is >> there a better way to work with layers within a photo than what I describe? >> Nothing seemed to work for me before because I couldn't get much to show in >> terms of adjustments in layers added beyond that initial duplication of the >> background layer. > >The short answer is yes, this is how I would do things. The only >difference is that when I am satisfied with a stage I would merge the >layers otherwise the file becomes very large. Also, from time to time I >would save my work and keep watching 'meetthegimp' > >Norman > > -- Carusoswi (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
