Yesterday, 12:08 PM
(04-24-2026, 02:54 PM)CmykStudent_ Wrote:(04-24-2026, 01:07 PM)NickPearl Wrote:
I keep experimenting with GIMP.
So, I did that whole thing one more time.
I don't understand why the "Merge Down" option on the new layer is dimmed out:
https://i.ibb.co/ZkYYpjp/zz-GIMP01-10.jpg
It was also dimmed out the first time I did it. So that is not something new.
As a result of the "Merge Down" being mysteriously disabled, the only way I can merge down is to flatten the image.
So, I did that. I flattened the image (just like I had done so the previous time).
Here is the result of doing it the second time:
https://i.ibb.co/yFCHqFd1/zz-GIMP01-11.jpg
As I already said in one of the previous posts, the original problem (the white line at the joint line between the two layers) has been solved.
However, the two triangular empty unwanted sections that the rotation has added to the picture, this time are black.
The first time I had done that, those two unwanted triangular areas were white.
Regardless of the color (being white or black), it is easy to fix those unwanted triangular areas.
However, I am just astonished as to why the first time I did it, those areas were white and this time they are black?
I would appreciate it if you could shed some light on this:
1. Why the "Merge Down" is dimmed out?
2. Why the color of those unwanted triangular areas changed from white to black?
Please advise.
Thanks.
Nick P.
Hi! "Merge Down" is turned off because you have the lowest layer in the stack selected - there's nothing to "merge down". If you seleck the top layer, you should have that option enabled.
Flatten removes transparency, which is why it turns to black.
Thanks for your response.
You said "Flatten removes transparency, which is why it turns to black."
This is the second time that I did the exact same thing (because I am experimenting with GIMP, so, I may do one same task twice, so that I remember it.
The first time I had done it, I had done the exact same thing: I had flattened the image in the end. And at that time the triangular areas where white. My screen prints in the first post show that.
I repeat that screen print in here:
https://imgur.com/SDNYibB
Why the first time I did it, it was white and the second time i did it it was black?
Please advise.
Thanks.