GIMP tools - BDA

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The layer is selected and moved to the place you want using one of the button. To grasp
how layers are moved, let's do one task.
Task. Draw ellipses of different colours overlapping each other in layers ellipse1 and
ellipse2 (one in each layer) and reverse these layers.
1. Open a new working window through (FileNew....
2. Click on the button . A New Layer dialog opens. Enter ellipse1 in the Layer
Name input box. Tick the Transparency checkbox in the Layer Fill Type section.
3. Draw an ellipse with the Ellipse Select Tool :
4. Select the yellow foreground colour with the Bucket Fill Tool and
fill the ellipse:
5. Click on the button . A New Layer dialog opens. Enter ellipse2 in the Layer
Name input box. Tick the Transparency checkbox in the Layer Fill Type section.
6. Draw an ellipse with the Ellipse Select Tool .
7. Select the dark green foreground colour with the Bucket Fill Tool
and fill the ellipse:
8. Reverse the layers. Click on ellipse1 layer line in the Layers dialog:
9. Click on . Now you can see the image in the working window:
Visibility/hiding of layers
The eye icon that is on the left of the layer line means that the layer is visible. If you
click on it, the icon disappears and the layer becomes temporarily invisible. To make the