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difference between merge and flatten layers

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difference between merge and flatten layers Gert Cuykens 09 Dec 21:45
  difference between merge and flatten layers Matthew H. Plough 10 Dec 02:23
41B8FA5C.7080006@princeton.edu 07 Oct 20:16
  difference between merge and flatten layers Gert Cuykens 10 Dec 02:31
   difference between merge and flatten layers David Neary 10 Dec 09:57
   difference between merge and flatten layers Sven Neumann 10 Dec 12:50
Gert Cuykens
2004-12-09 21:45:10 UTC (over 19 years ago)

difference between merge and flatten layers

what is the difference between merge and flatten layers ?

Matthew H. Plough
2004-12-10 02:23:19 UTC (over 19 years ago)

difference between merge and flatten layers

Gert Cuykens wrote:

what is the difference between merge and flatten layers ?

You're talking about merge down, right? Merge down combines the selected layer and the first visible layer below it into one layer. Flatten merges all layers into one. Of course, both take your blend mode, alpha, etc. into account. Does that answer your question?

Matt

Gert Cuykens
2004-12-10 02:31:32 UTC (over 19 years ago)

difference between merge and flatten layers

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 20:22:36 -0500, Matthew H. Plough wrote:

Gert Cuykens wrote:

what is the difference between merge and flatten layers ?

You're talking about merge down, right? Merge down combines the selected layer and the first visible layer below it into one layer. Flatten merges all layers into one. Of course, both take your blend mode, alpha, etc. into account. Does that answer your question?

Matt

yes, except why does flatten image don't show the same prompt menu as merge visible layers ?

expanded as necessary clipped to image
clipped to bottom layer

what do does options mean ?

David Neary
2004-12-10 09:57:52 UTC (over 19 years ago)

difference between merge and flatten layers

Hi,

Gert Cuykens wrote:

yes, except why does flatten image don't show the same prompt menu as merge visible layers ?

expanded as necessary clipped to image
clipped to bottom layer

what do does options mean ?

Merge down and Merge visible layers merge several layers, but can leave other layers untouched. Thus, when you are merging more than one layer, you have a number of ways to do it - the new layer can be limited by the size of the image, by the size of the bottom layer, or by the union of all of the layers being merged (expand as necessary).

Flatten image performs another operation - it removes all of the layers (visible or not) and replaces them with one layer, which does not have any transparency. Any transparency in the projection is combined with the background color.

Cheers, Dave.

Sven Neumann
2004-12-10 12:50:26 UTC (over 19 years ago)

difference between merge and flatten layers

Hi,

Gert Cuykens writes:

yes, except why does flatten image don't show the same prompt menu as merge visible layers ?

expanded as necessary clipped to image
clipped to bottom layer

what do does options mean ?

What about pressing F1 in the Merge Dialog and reading about it in the user manual?

Sven