[Gimp-user] A new layer enforced for each text object?

2009-03-19 Thread Avraham Makeler
Hi all,
I read something in the documentation that says that each text (box?) is
automatically placed in a new layer.
And that's also what seems to happen in practice.

Doesn't sound so great to me. I like being able to have multiple objects in
a single layer. So I can show/hide a whole lot of things at once.
Also, if you have 50 objects in a pic, do you get 50 layers...???!!!

So...in general, does GIMP enforce a policy of one layer per object?

IF YES THEN
Sounds crazy to me

ELSE   /* I can have many objects in a single layer */
Great!
Now how can I disable this feature of creating text in its own new
layer?

IF IMPOSSIBLE THEN
 How at least can I move the text, after creation, to a different
layer - i.e., a layer that contains a lot of other texts.

Great thanks in advance,



- avi
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Re: [Gimp-user] A new layer enforced for each text object?

2009-03-19 Thread Daniel Hornung
On Thursday 19 March 2009, Avraham Makeler wrote:
 Hi all,
 I read something in the documentation that says that each text (box?) is
 automatically placed in a new layer.
 And that's also what seems to happen in practice.

 Doesn't sound so great to me. I like being able to have multiple objects in
 a single layer. So I can show/hide a whole lot of things at once.
 Also, if you have 50 objects in a pic, do you get 50 layers...???!!!

Hi Avi, 
each object that has its own boundaries and that can be moved, transformed, 
manipulated individually, _is_ indeed an individual layer. This can indeed be 
cumbersome if you have lots of layers, but the situation will probably 
improve once layer groups etc. are available at some point in the future.

If you feel you don't need to edit or move several layer individually any 
more, you can merge them into one single layer, either by merging down[1] or 
by merging all visible[2] layers.  Note that text layers lose their special 
text layer property when merged with other (even text) layers.

Daniel

[1] http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-layer-merge-down.html
[2] http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-image-merge-layers.html


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