handL0k.xcf (hand Left O Black). Open the Layer Dialog. Double click on the layer to open the Layer Attributes Dialog and rename it to handL0k. Duplicate the layer. Let visible only the duplicated layer, select in the Layers dialog. 8.1.1 Layer Properties Each layer in an image has a number of important attributes: Name Every layer has a name. This is assigned automatically when the layer is created, but you or by right-clicking there and then selecting the top entry in the menu that appears, Edit Layer Attributes. Presence or absence of an alpha channel As explained in the previous section, an alpha channel

handL0k.xcf (hand Left 0° Black). Open the Layer Dialog. Double click on the layer to open the Layer Attributes Dialog and rename it to handL0k. Duplicate the layer. Let visible only the duplicated layer, select in the Layers dialog. 8.1.1 Layer Properties Each layer in an image has a number of important attributes: Name Every layer has a name. This is assigned automatically when the layer is created, but you or by right-clicking there and then selecting the top entry in the menu that appears, Edit Layer Attributes. 101 CHAPTER 8. COMBINING IMAGES 8.1. INTRODUCTION TO LAYERS Presence or absence of an alpha

right-clicking in the Layers dialog. Layer properties Each layer in an image has a number of important attributes: The Selection Often when you operate on an image, you only want part of it to be affected right-click in a channel thumbnail opens the channel menu. Channel attributes Every channel is shown in the list with its own attributes. The main attribute is the name of the channel itself. You can edit (highlighted in blue), visible (eye-icon in the dialog), and displayed as you want (color and opacity attributes), you can start to work with all the paint tools. The colors used are important. If you paint

selected and copied into new images. As with the Paste as New Image function, all layers and layer attributes are also copied. A layered image cannot be save as a JPEG file, so if you are designing for the layer. Naming You can rename a layer by double-clicking on the layer’s old name. The Edit Layer Attributes dialog will allow you to type in a new name. THE LAYER TOOLBAR BUTTONS New Layer Creates a new what a floating selection is, read “Floating Selections” on page 331. Figure 20.4 The Edit Layer Attributes dialog The G imp Us e r’s Man u al 3 2 1 C h a p ter 2 0 Usually, all you need to do is click