03-09-2017, 12:00 PM
more of the same
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Is the problem here that the first image opened has 24 layers but then when you append the next 28 that should be a second image with only 23 layers so that the adjoining layers are not duplicated.
I think you will be better off not having any remnants of layer names from a gif. You are working with an xcf file. The timings and modes will be written when you eventually re-export as a gif or there are plugins to clear/rewrite layer names eg http://registry.gimp.org/node/25029
There are plugins which that combine layers, typically ofnuts plugin collection. http://gimp-tools.sourceforge.net/animationtools.shtml
interleave layers, in here towards the bottom. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/
Welcome to gimp-forums,
Yes GMT here so about 12 hours out.
Quote: 1. I need to increase my Big 'O' animation from 24 layers to 696, to cause it to rotate 29 revolutions within the centre of the whole animation, however although the layers 'replace' properly when played back over 24 layers, when I use the Files -> Open as Layers to append my 24 layered .XCF animation with a copy of itself, and then playback, it replaces the first half of the two revolutions with the transparent background, as expected, but then the second revolution from the Open as Layers addition does not 'replace' the last layer image with the new layer with different transparency.
Is the problem here that the first image opened has 24 layers but then when you append the next 28 that should be a second image with only 23 layers so that the adjoining layers are not duplicated.
Quote:How can I Open as Layers (or something else to append an .XCF file with more layers), and maintain the 'replace' attribute so that the previous layer is erased by the new layer, including transparent pixels?
I think you will be better off not having any remnants of layer names from a gif. You are working with an xcf file. The timings and modes will be written when you eventually re-export as a gif or there are plugins to clear/rewrite layer names eg http://registry.gimp.org/node/25029
Quote:2. As the Spinning-Globe plugin does not allow more than 360 layers, so I have used 348 to create the orbit of the little 'o'. I need to double each layer in a large number, so that layers 1,2,3,... and 1,2,3,... become layers 1,1,2,2,3,3,... and hope that there is some singular method to somehow Open as Layers a copy of my 348 layer image and make each layer fall into place behind its twin from the first.
How can I Open as Layers a copy of my image and append the added image's layers to the current image's with a layer-by-layer sequence, rather than adding all the layers of the new image to the end of the current image?
There are plugins which that combine layers, typically ofnuts plugin collection. http://gimp-tools.sourceforge.net/animationtools.shtml
interleave layers, in here towards the bottom. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gimp-too...s/scripts/