Quoting Jeremy Nell <jeremyn...@gmail.com>: > This is brilliant (and should be a standard feature in Gimp).
I disagree (with the "standard feature" part, and any brilliance lies mainly with GIMP's extensibility through scripting). The approach is something of an abuse of chain linking, and of visibility; and for the most part its usefulness will be obviated by the introduction of layer groups in 2.8. > ... There is, however, an interesting dynamic to this script. > > If layer 1 is visible, but layer 2 is not visible, and both are linked, > then merging them results in the non-visible layer becoming visible ... Technically, neither of the original layers exist after the merge, a new layer is created; but from a "least surprise" standpoint, I understand your meaning (and what if all of the linked layers are hidden, should the merge result not also be hidden?). > I'm not sure whether or not this is a good or bad thing; I'm > undecided... For what it's worth, the first version of the script would merge only the visible linked layers, and it was only after I added the "Merge linked" command to the menus that I reconsidered based upon the behavior not matching the name of the command (and not being able to think of a more suitable name). To me, this script is pretty much a throwaway "convenience" function and its behavior should be customized to best suit a particular task. If you decide you want it to behave differently, we can customize it to do what you want. If I were writing the script for myself, I'd probably limit the merging to only visible linked layers but that might not fit your expectations. > (but only after another layer has been clicked on). A mistake on my part. I forgot to update the display. This has been fixed (updated version available from the same webpage, http://chiselapp.com/user/saulgoode/repository/script-fu/wiki?name=sg-merge-linked). _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
