Re: [Gimp-user] layer manipulation question, scripting, etc.

2003-02-18 Thread Eric Smith
David Millet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 a couple of thoughts:
 1) if you want to save a layer separately, the easiest way i know of to
 do  that is to click on the layer in the layers, channels, and paths
 dialoge,  drag it to the toolbar, and it will create a new image with
 just that layer.

Cool!

 2) to move the different colored text to a different layer and keep it
 in  the same spot, i would do the following:
 1. use the select contiguous regions tool, select the red letters
 2. hit ctrl-c to copy, then ctrl-k to clear whats in the selection 3.
 create a new layer
 4. right click on the image and choose EditPaste Into

That seems like the best approach so far.

Thanks!
Eric



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Re: [Gimp-user] layer manipulation question, scripting, etc.

2003-02-17 Thread David Millet
a couple of thoughts:

1) if you want to save a layer separately, the easiest way i know of to do 
that is to click on the layer in the layers, channels, and paths dialoge, 
drag it to the toolbar, and it will create a new image with just that layer. 
 then save it to whatever you need

2) to move the different colored text to a different layer and keep it in 
the same spot, i would do the following:

1. use the select contiguous regions tool, select the red letters
2. hit ctrl-c to copy, then ctrl-k to clear whats in the selection
3. create a new layer
4. right click on the image and choose EditPaste Into

if you know how to customize keyboard shortcuts you could make this process 
really ez

cheers,
david

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Re: [Gimp-user] layer manipulation question, scripting, etc.

2003-02-16 Thread Eric Smith
David Burren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Surely something like this would work?
 - Duplicate the layer
 - Select the appropriate area
 - With one layer active, clear the selected area
 - Switch to the other layer, invert the selection, and again clear

OK, I'll try that.  It sounds like it will do what I need, which is
satisfactory for now.

However, I'd ultimately like to come up with an easier way for the user
to do that, since it will need to be done hundreds of times in a single
scanned document.  Can anyone offer a hint as to how to write a macro
that I can attach to a menu item or hot key?  I've already RTFM, but
I'm somewhat stumped.

Thanks very much!
Eric



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Re: [Gimp-user] layer manipulation question, scripting, etc.

2003-02-16 Thread Jeff Trefftzs
Eric wrote:

 Is there an easy way to select a rectangular area and then move (cut/paste)
 it to the same location on a different layer?  When I try normal cut  paste,
 there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to preserve the exact location.

Instead of doing a cut (^X), try doing a copy (^C) on the rectangular area.  
Then you can create a new layer (transparent, if you like) and paste the copy 
into it.  This will put the copy at the same coordinates as the original.  
Using cut as the first operation centers the resulting paste operation.  Of 
course to remove the same rectangle from the original layer you need to 
recover it, which you can do with alpha-to-selection in the layer where you 
pasted it the first time.

 Is there an easy way to save each layer to separate files?

Short answer - no.  You only save images.  Now, if you want to make only one 
layer visible, then you can save the image (Image/File/Save as ...), and 
repeat ad lib for each separate layer.  A script fu to do this might be easier.

HTH,


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