Gimp: Moving Mirrors and Layer Duplication
Objectives:
- Layer duplication
- Move layers
- Mirror layers
Directions:
Shortcuts are in parentheses.
- Download MovingLayers-start.xcf
- Select the Move tool (M).
- To make things easier select the Move the Active Layer option.
- Open the layers dialog box (CTL-L).
- Move Select the Top Left layer and in the image move the layer by clicking and holding the left mouse button, anywhere in the image, and moving the layer to the desired position.
- Do the same with the Top Right layer
- In the layers dialog box duplicate the Vertical Mirror and Horizontal Mirror layers by selecting them and clicking the duplicate layer button
- Select the Flip Tool and select Horizontal as the flip type in the tool options. Make sure that the Horizontal Mirror #1 layer is selected and click anywhere in the image.
Notice that when the layer is mirrored it is rasterized meaning that you can no longer change the text.
- Select the Flip Tool and select Vertical as the flip type in the tool options. Make sure that the Vertical Mirror #1 layer is selected and click anywhere in the image.
- To rotate the 45 degree layer. Select the layer and then select the rotation tool (Shirt-R). Click anywhere on the image and the rotation dialog will pop up. Adjust the angle to 45 and press enter.
Final product:
Christmas Postcard Resources
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