Tutorials for Layers in a Dialog in GIMP
Layers are a way to work with multiple images or multiple copies of the same image on a single canvas. The layers are stacked like multiple transparency sheets. The Gimp image editor shows all of a project's layers in the Docking and Dialog window. When you click on the Layers tab of the Docking and Dialog window, you see a list of thumbnails images. Each thumbnail image represents a layer. By clicking on the thumbnails, you can edit the corresponding layer. The Docking and Dialog window is also used to create new layers or duplicate existing layers.
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Instructions
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Open the Gimp image editing software.
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Press the "Ctrl" and "O" keys simultaneously to open an image. This image will appear in the main image window and as the Background layer in the Layers tab of the Dialogs and Docking window.
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Press the "Shift," "Ctrl" and "O" keys simultaneously to open additional images. Each image will be added on top of the original image in the main image window. It will also appear as a layer in the Layers tab of the Dialogs and Docking window.
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Click the "New Layer" button at the bottom of the Layers tab to create a new blank layer.
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Click on any thumbnail to work with that layer in the main image window. You can use the tools located in the Toolbox window to edit, resize or move the layer.
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Click on the "Eye" button next to the thumbnail to hide the layer in the image window.
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Move the opacity slider located above the layer list to increase or decrease the image's opacity.
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Click on the "Duplicate Layer" button below the layers list to duplicate an existing layer.
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Click on the "Link" button next to the thumbnail of the image to link one layer to another layer.
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Press the "Shift," "Ctrl" and "S" keys simultaneously to save the image when you are finished editing.
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