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GIMP tools - BDA

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them, you see the overall image. Every glass sheet is a layer. Every new layer is<br />

transparent and you can paint any image on it.<br />

When one glass sheet is removed, the overall image hardly changed and one element is<br />

moved to the side. If the whole image were on one glass sheet, we could not do that. So,<br />

moving individual elements is one of the key functions of layers.<br />

Let's say that we have removed certain glass sheets, certain elements of the image have<br />

disappeared but they can be added at any time. In <strong>GIMP</strong> such action is possible when all<br />

layers are temporarily disabled.<br />

Using layers<br />

Open a new document through FileNew.... In the Layers dialog you can see only one<br />

layer named Background:<br />

The image has one main layer without the Alpha channel. To add a layer with this<br />

channel, open a context menu by selecting Add Alpha Channel from the drop-down list<br />

in the Background layer. Remember that most of the operations with layers cannot be<br />

performed without the Alpha channel. This channel may be removed by selecting<br />

Remove Alpha Channel in the list of commands in the context menu.<br />

It is a "glass sheet" without any image on it. Select a brush and make a few strokes.<br />

Creating a new layer<br />

To create a new layer, click on the Create a new layer and add it to the image button<br />

in the Layer menu. A New Layer dialog opens:

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