johnathanamber Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hey everyone, Another question/suggestion... Can you automatically alphabetize the layers? Or maybe send a new layer to the bottom of the list instead of having to click 'down' multiple times until your hand hurts? God bless, Johnathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Greetings once again, johnathanamber. Or maybe send a new layer to the bottom of the list instead of having to click 'down' multiple times until your hand hurts?If you were to create a new layer above the bottom one (as new layers are always created above the currently selected), you will only have to move down once.As for automatically alphabetising, I personally cannot speak for this. Does this help somewhat? Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathanamber Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 @Myrddin... greetings, Thank you very much for your assistance and advice on my previous post as well as this one... If you have over 100 layers in one PDN file... and you drag and drop an image from explorer, a new layer populates at the top of all the layers... not the one that you have selected prior to dropping the new image. See my problem? God bless, Johnathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 work around for you I also work many layers. open a new image and drop it in there edit select all copy then go to you working image add a transparent layer where you need this new image and paste. when you are working with that many layers its a good idea to become proficient juggling between images back and forth. ciao Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathanamber Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 @clao, Yeah I have been doing that... found out to be the only work around... just was wanting something easier. If you have a multiple layered PDN file with over 100 layers... it can certainly bog your system down... so any cut of seconds that you can shave off saves a lot of time. Curious though... tried this and it doesn't work... is I copy an image in explorer... why when you paste it in PDN does it not see the image? it gives an error instead... Anyway to have that work? God bless, Johnathan PS: OMA... that's funny, that is what my mother wants my kids to call her... 'Oma' Grandma in German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 you might find splitting it into several pdn's an option. I often do that. when I'm satisfied with say 20 or 30 layers I might just flatten and make a png. and keep the PDN as well. from that portion I may again start another pdn with just a flattened png. and add on. ciao OMA Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnathanamber Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 @OMA, First off, sorry about not seening the 'i' in 'ciao'... been looking at the screen for 8 hours straight today... pixels are blending together... Second, that is pretty much what I am doing... I work for a company that supports airlines and airports. And we have this system that we use to save everyone money... a multi-use system environment... MUSE. Anyway, we create our own graphics, buttons background, etc... Previous users were using Photoshop. I found P.N and it is awesome. I consider it a free replacement of photoshop... from what I've seen/found it can do everything that photoshop can... AND IT IS FREE! Anyway, I have one PDN file with ALL of the airline logos in it along with several button background images. I select what button I want then multiple the airline image over it then save it of (flattened) as another file. Easiest way I can find with what I've got. God bless, Johnathan PS: Great minds think alike... sometimes it is hard to find those great minds in a sea of 'not so smart' ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 oops from explorer I right clik and save as .png in a picture file. then you can import thru layers. ciao and yes OMA is grandmother I've 4 wonderful grandkiddies, well shouldn't say kiddies as one is nearing the age of majority now. Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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