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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">10.47.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Offset</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">10.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Layers</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-layer-offset"></a>10.47.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Offset</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
  50.                 </tr>
  51.                 <tr>
  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2424 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-08-16</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">scb</td>
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  61.       <a id="id2714193" class="indexterm"></a>
  62.       <a id="id2714212" class="indexterm"></a>
  63.       <p>
  64.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Offset</span> command shifts the
  65.     <span class="emphasis"><em>content</em></span> of the active layer. Anything shifted
  66.     outside the layer boundary is cropped. This command displays
  67.     a dialog which allows you to specify how much to shift the layer and
  68.     how to fill the space that is left empty by shifting it.
  69.   </p>
  70.       <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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  72.           <div>
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  74.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2714242"></a>10.47.1.¬†
  75.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activating the Command</span>
  76.     </h4>
  77.             </div>
  78.           </div>
  79.         </div>
  80.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  81.           <ul type="disc">
  82.             <li>
  83.               <p>
  84.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  85.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">L</span>ayer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">T</span>ransform</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">O</span>ffset</span>,
  86.         </p>
  87.             </li>
  88.             <li>
  89.               <p>
  90.           or by using the keyboard shortcut
  91.           <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>O</strong></span>.
  92.         </p>
  93.             </li>
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  101.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2714328"></a>10.47.2.¬†
  102.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  103.         Description of the ‚Äú<span class="quote">Offset</span>‚Äù dialog
  104.       </span>
  105.     </h4>
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  111.           <p class="title">
  112.             <b>Figure¬†15.126.¬†
  113.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Offset</span>‚Äù dialog</span>
  114.       </b>
  115.           </p>
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  118.               <img src="../images/menus/dialogs-offset-layer.png" alt="The Offset dialog" />
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  124.           <dl>
  125.             <dt>
  126.               <span class="term">Offset</span>
  127.             </dt>
  128.             <dd>
  129.               <div class="variablelist">
  130.                 <dl>
  131.                   <dt>
  132.                     <span class="term">X; Y</span>
  133.                   </dt>
  134.                   <dd>
  135.                     <p>
  136.                   With these two values, you specify how far the contents of
  137.                   the layer should be shifted in the horizontal (X) and
  138.                   vertical (Y) directions. You can enter the offsets in the
  139.                   text boxes. Positive values move the layer to the right
  140.                   and downward. The default unit is pixels, but you can
  141.                   choose a different unit of measurement with the drop-down
  142.                   menu. A unit of ‚Äú<span class="quote">%</span>‚Äù is sometimes useful.
  143.                 </p>
  144.                   </dd>
  145.                   <dt>
  146.                     <span class="term">Offset by x/2, y/2</span>
  147.                   </dt>
  148.                   <dd>
  149.                     <p>
  150.                   With this button, you can automatically set the
  151.                   <span class="guilabel">X</span> and <span class="guilabel">Y</span> offsets
  152.                   so that the contents are shifted by exactly half the width
  153.                   and half the height of the image.
  154.                 </p>
  155.                   </dd>
  156.                 </dl>
  157.               </div>
  158.             </dd>
  159.             <dt>
  160.               <span class="term">Edge Behavior</span>
  161.             </dt>
  162.             <dd>
  163.               <p>
  164.             You can specify one of three ways to treat the areas left empty
  165.             when the contents of the layer are shifted:
  166.           </p>
  167.               <div class="itemizedlist">
  168.                 <ul type="disc">
  169.                   <li>
  170.                     <p>
  171.                 <span class="emphasis"><em>Wrap around</em></span>:
  172.                 The empty space on one side of the layer is filled with the
  173.                 part of the layer which is shifted out of the other side, so
  174.                 none of the content is lost.
  175.               </p>
  176.                   </li>
  177.                   <li>
  178.                     <p>
  179.                 <span class="emphasis"><em>Fill with background color</em></span>:
  180.                 The empty space is filled with the background color, which
  181.                 is shown in the Color Area of the Toolbox.
  182.               </p>
  183.                   </li>
  184.                   <li>
  185.                     <p>
  186.                 <span class="emphasis"><em>Make transparent</em></span>:
  187.                 The empty space is made transparent. If the layer does not
  188.                 have an alpha channel, this choice is not available (grayed
  189.                 out).
  190.               </p>
  191.                   </li>
  192.                 </ul>
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  212.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-layer-rotate-arbitrary.html">10.46.¬†
  213.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Arbitrary Rotation</span>
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  221.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Layer Boundary Size</span>
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