## 7. The “Layer” Menu

### 7.1. Overview

In this section, you will find help for commands in the Layer menu, which allow you to work with layers.

In addition to accessing the Layer menu from the main menu and by right-clicking on the image window, you can work on layers by opening the Layer dialog and, for example, change layer transparency and visibility, create new layers and layer groups, add a layer mask, merge or duplicate layers. This dialog also has a right-click context menu with mostly the same commands as shown in the main Layer menu.

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Besides the commands described here, you may also find other entries in the menu. They are not part of GIMP itself, but have been added by third-party plug-ins. You can find information about the functionality of a plug-in by referring to its documentation.

#### 7.1.1. The Contents of the “Layer” Menu

- قسمت 7.2, “New Layer”

- قسمت 7.3, “New from Visible”

- قسمت 7.4, “New Layer Group”

- قسمت 7.5, “Duplicate layers”

- قسمت 7.6, “Anchor Floating Layer or Mask”

- قسمت 7.7, “Merge Down”

- قسمت 7.8, “Merge Layer Groups”

- قسمت 7.9, “Delete Layers”

- قسمت 7.10, “The Text Commands of the Layer Menu”

- قسمت 7.11, “Discard Text Information”

- قسمت 7.12, “Text to Path”

- قسمت 7.13, “Text along Path”

- قسمت 7.14, ““Stack” Submenu”

- قسمت 7.15, “Select Previous Layers”

- قسمت 7.16, “Select Next Layers”

- قسمت 7.17, “Select Top Layer”

- قسمت 7.18, “Select Bottom Layer”

- قسمت 7.19, “Raise Layers”

- قسمت 7.20, “Lower Layers”

- قسمت 7.21, “Layers to Top”

- قسمت 7.22, “Layers to Bottom”

- قسمت 7.23, “Reverse Layer Order”

- قسمت 7.24, “The “Mask” Submenu”

- قسمت 7.25, “Add Layer Masks”

- قسمت 7.26, “ Apply Layer Masks ”

- قسمت 7.27, “Delete Layer Masks”

- قسمت 7.28, “Show Layer Masks”

- قسمت 7.29, “Edit Layer Mask”

- قسمت 7.30, “Disable Layer Masks”

- قسمت 7.31, “Masks to Selection”

- قسمت 7.32, “Add Masks to Selection”

- قسمت 7.33, “Subtract Masks from Selection”

- قسمت 7.34, “Intersect Masks with Selection”

- قسمت 7.35, “ The “Transparency” Submenu ”

- قسمت 7.36, “Add Alpha Channel”

- قسمت 7.37, “Remove Alpha Channel”

- قسمت 7.38, “Color to Alpha”

- قسمت 7.39, “Semi-Flatten”

- قسمت 7.40, “Threshold Alpha”

- قسمت 7.41, “Alpha to Selection”

- قسمت 7.42, “Add Alpha to Selection”

- قسمت 7.43, “Subtract Alpha from Selection”

- قسمت 7.44, “Intersect Alpha with Selection”

- قسمت 7.45, “The “Transform” Submenu”

- قسمت 7.46, “Flip Horizontally”

- قسمت 7.47, “Flip Vertically”

- قسمت 7.48, “Rotate 90° clockwise”

- قسمت 7.49, “Rotate 90° counter-clockwise”

- قسمت 7.50, “Rotate 180°”

- قسمت 7.51, “Arbitrary Rotation”

- قسمت 7.52, “Offset”

- قسمت 7.53, “Layer Boundary Size”

- قسمت 7.54, “Layers to Image Size”

- قسمت 7.55, “Scale Layer”

- قسمت 7.56, “Resize Layers to Selection”

- قسمت 7.57, “Crop Layers to Content”

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