GIMP 2.6.8 / Layers / And Me

[SeaWolf U-57]

open the DDS.file you want to change in Gimp.
open the picture you have resized as a layer and place it on the DDS picture.
once you have it where you want it click the Image tab and then Merge visible layers
pick the middle option then you can save it

[McHub532]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf U-57

open the DDS.file you want to change in Gimp.
open the picture you have resized as a layer and place it on the DDS picture.
once you have it where you want it click the Image tab and then Merge visible layers
then you can save it

Thank you SeaWolf.

I'll try that again. Get back to you in one hour. Hopefully I'll still be sane.

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Attempt #12

[McHub532]

SeaWolf...

How do I look at the different layers?

Can there be completely different pictures on each layer or are they always the same picture but just the different colors of the same picture?

Right now I'm trying to edit Pinup.dds and it has 9 layers. How can see what all the layers look like? Can I put several different pictures in; overlapping each of these layers?

[McHub532]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf U-57

open the DDS.file you want to change in Gimp.
open the picture you have resized as a layer and place it on the DDS picture.
once you have it where you want it click the Image tab and then Merge visible layers
pick the middle option then you can save it

I have looked at the image properties and see the one I am modifying is 256 x 364 pixels. I have got another picture and made it exactly the same size. I pasted it over top of the other picture.

Image Tab
.... The Merge visible layers option is not highlighted; I can't click it.

[McHub532]

So.. I fart around and I think I figured it out.

I had to "Anchor Layer"

Then it let me "Merge Visible Layers"

[McHub532]

Bah, still won't let me save the file. It gives me this:

DDS: It appears your image may be a volume map,
but not all layers are the same size, thus a volume
map cannot be written.

The picture I pasted IS exactly the same size though. Any ideas what I should do?

[McHub532]

Well... so I fiddle
undo
fiddle
undo
fiddle
undo
fiddle
undo.....

for an hour

I don't know if this is the best way, the easiest way or even the correct way but it worked.

Step by Step what I did:

1. Open GIMP 2.6.8
2. Open File -> pinup.dds
3. Open Another GIMP Window and go fetch a picture on my hard drive.
4. On pinup.dds I press Image Tab -> Image Properties and get the pixel size of the original file.
5. Back to my new picture and I crop and shrink until it is exactly the same size as the original file.
6. Select new picture, copy.
7. Go back to the pinup.dds, Edit -> Paste
8. This puts my new picture over top of the old pinup.dds perfectly.

Now.. where all the craziness came and what I figured out:

9. Windows Tab
10. Dockable Dialogs Option
11. Layers Option
12. A pop up window appears
13. It shows all the various layers in the dds file. I clicked the eyeball (view) and the chain (link) icons to activate everything on all layers.
14. I check the small box at the top of the pop up window for 'lock alpha channel'.
15. Now.. ignoring that popup window now.
16. Image Tab of Gimp
17. Merge Visible Layers Option
18. File Tab of Gimp
19. Save Option

it worked.... good heavens I feel like I've accomplished something huge here. Heh

[SeaWolf U-57]

Sorry was out
ok glad you got it going
the way I said above should have worked Unless you just opened the new image
you wanted to add and not opened it as a layer
there is an option in the file tab "open as layer"
if you did it this way as soon as you placed it you should of been able to merge the new layer

[McHub532]

Originally Posted by SeaWolf U-57

Sorry was out
ok glad you got it going
the way I said above should have worked Unless you just opened the new image
you wanted to add and not opened it as a layer
there is an option in the file tab "open as layer"
if you did it this way as soon as you placed it you should of been able to merge the new layer

Ah, I see how I strayed from your path now then.