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Can't hide layer boundary when merging layers - GMP - 05-24-2021
I have a simple project with just 2 layers. I want to merge them into 1 layer. But the layer boundaries aren't the same. IN the screen grab of GIMP you see 2 yellow layers. The top layer has a right border that doesn't extend to the right as far as the layer beneath it, which you can see it extending further to the right. When I export this image of 2 layers, the layer right and bottom boundaries show as you can see in the pic. I want to not see those 2 lines, when I export the pic. Is there any way to do this in GIMP?
RE: Can't hide layer boundary when merging layers - rich2005 - 05-24-2021
It is not very clear from your screenshot however
1) These only exist inside Gimp. They are not there when you export to a png or a jpg. The layers are flattened into a single layer image. If you save your work as a Gimp .xcf then layers and other data guides, masks, channels etc are retained in the file.
Depending what is required use
2)Layer -> Layer to Image Size on an active layer. Does what it says. The layer boundary coinsides with the canvas size.
3) Image -> Fit canvas to layers Does what it says. Use it if the layer boundary is outside the canvas size and you want to keep it.
RE: Can't hide layer boundary when merging layers - denzjos - 05-24-2021
I don't quite understand the problem, but you can erase the black lines in the top layer.
RE: Can't hide layer boundary when merging layers - GMP - 05-24-2021
I know understand what was happening. After exporting from GIMP I processed the pics in a different program with a lot of timer savers. The lines appeared when I exported from that program, not GIMP. So what I did was in GIMP, I used the crop tool to get rid of these lines - works perfectly.
I'm combining pics with different resolutions and JPG or PNG. I often run into a problem when importing a pic that I have to use the Fit canvas to layers method to see the whole pic.
Sometimes when I use the GMIC plugin in GIMP, and export, the picture is cut off. That's what happened in this case in this post. So this was a way to solve the problem by combining 2 pics, so I could retrieve the cut off portion. I should have noticed this after exporting the pic that it was slightly cut off.
RE: Can't hide layer boundary when merging layers - rich2005 - 05-24-2021
Quote:... I often run into a problem when importing a pic that I have to use the Fit canvas to layers method to see the whole pic.
Use View -> Show All Lets you see all the layer even if outside the canvas boundaries.