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NE555

Joined: 13 Nov 2009
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Location: Vienna

Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: Advanced Layers Functionality

Miggl wrote:

1) grouping.
2) hiding and showing of groups.
3) collapsing and expanding of groups.
4) re-organizing of complete groups - meaning that i can drag a complete group underneath or above another group.
5) setting group opacity.

Yes. I totally agree. Especially if you are working on Web-designs you have a vast of layers!
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g1sh

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject:

+1

Cannaya

Joined: 08 Feb 2010
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Location: Seattle, WA USA

Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:05 am Post subject:

Definitely needs layer groups/folders!

jamesdoc

Joined: 09 Feb 2010
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:08 am Post subject:

I concur. Foldered layers would increase my enjoyment of Pixelmator tenfold!

PixelCreativity

Joined: 08 Nov 2009
Posts: 32

Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:35 pm Post subject:

Yeah, this would be great!
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zlakfoto

Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:14 am Post subject:

The possibility to copy/paste (grayscale) images to layer masks (or at least the possibility to create a grayscale mask of the current layer) would convince me to buy Pixelmator... As I use this frequently in my workflow, this missing feature is actually a show-stopper for me; altough I would like to replace gimp with Pixelmator.

Sebastiaan
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:59 am Post subject:

Copying a gray-scale representation of your image as a layer mask has been possible in Pixelmator for quite some time. Though I agree it is not obvious how to do this at first and requires three-four steps.

1. duplicate the layer you want to use a a layer mask.
2. use the mask to alpha filter on this new layer.
3. use load selection on the new layer.
4. ctr+click on the layer you want to add a layer mask to and choose add layer mask from the menu that appears.
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Chacha

Joined: 13 May 2009
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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject:

I hoped that PixelMator 1.6 would simplify that... for me this is also a very important feature. I would like that painting in gray levels in a mask would change the alpha layer of an image.
In GraphicConverter, this is just one click away (switch between image/alpha mask).
Will you work on it in the future ?

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Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:34 pm Post subject:

We always work to make the user experience better.
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