hpr3230 :: Introduction to Layers

Summary: Layers are the most important concept in using GIMP

Series: GIMP

Source: [http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3230](http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3230)

Original audio: [http://archive.org/download/hpr3230/hpr3230\_source.flac](http://archive.org/download/hpr3230/hpr3230\_source.flac)

Layers are the feature that does most of the heavy lifting in GIMP. In this episode we begin looking at them with an introduction, but we'll go deeper!

Links:

• [https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en](https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en)/

• [https://www.animationconnection.com/about-the-art/original-production-cels](https://www.animationconnection.com/about-the-art/original-production-cels)

• [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF\_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCF\_)(file\_format)

• [https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/alpha\_channel.html](https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/alpha\_channel.html)

• [https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/introduction-to-layers](https://www.ahuka.com/gimp/introduction-to-layers)/