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- This command can be accessed from an image menubar as
- <span class="guimenu">Image</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Merge Visible Layers</span>.
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- "Merge Visible Layers" merges all layers of the image for which
- an "eye" symbol is shown in the Layers dialog
- into a single layer, leaving non-visible layers untouched. It
- is useful for merging a set of layers that may be scattered
- around the layer list. Selecting it brings up a dialog that
- asks you to choose between three options for the size of the
- final, merged layer: "Expanded as necessary" means that it
- will be made as small as possible without losing any of the
- contents of the merged layers; "Clipped to image" means it
- will be set to the size of the image and any layer contents
- outside the image bounds will be lost; and "Clipped to bottom
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- <span class="emphasis"><em>Expanded as necessary</em></span>: The final layer
- has the size of the largest layer of all of the visible
- layers. (Remember that a layer in GIMP can be larger than the
- image)
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- <span class="emphasis"><em>Clipped to image</em></span> Will set the final layer
- size equal to the image size. (Remember that layers in GIMP
- can be larger than the image itself. If you have such a
- visible layer it will be clipped to the image size).
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- <span class="emphasis"><em>Clipped to bottom layer</em></span>: Will set the
- final layer size equal to the bottom layer. If the bottom
- layer is smaller than some of your visible layers, then
- the final layer will be clipped and trimmed according to both
- the size and position of the bottom layer.
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- The <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl+M</b></span> key combination
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