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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">3.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating New Layers</span>
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  39.             <h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="gimp-using-layers"></a>3.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Creating New Layers</span>
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  47.     There are several ways to create new layers in an image. Here are the most
  48.     important ones:
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  54.         Selecting
  55.         <span class="guimenu">Layer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">New Layer</span>
  56.         in the image menu.  This brings up a dialog that allows you
  57.         to set the basic properties of the new layer; see the <a class="link" href="gimp-layer-new.html" title="10.2.¬† New Layer">New Layer dialog</a>
  58.         section for help with it.
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  62.             <p>
  63.         Selecting
  64.         <span class="guimenu">Layer</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Duplicate Layer</span>
  65.         in the image menu. This creates a new layer, that is a perfect
  66.         copy of the currently active layer, just above the active layer.
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  71.         When you ‚Äú<span class="quote">cut</span>‚Äù or ‚Äú<span class="quote">copy</span>‚Äù something, and
  72.         then paste it using Ctrl-V or
  73.         <span class="guimenu">Edit</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem">Paste</span>, the result is a ‚Äú<span class="quote">floating selection</span>‚Äù,
  74.           which is a sort of temporary layer.
  75.           Before you can do anything else, you either have to anchor
  76.           the floating selection to an existing layer, or convert it
  77.           into a normal layer.  If you do the latter, the new layer
  78.           will be sized just large enough to contain the pasted
  79.           material.
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  98.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-concepts-layer-modes.html">2.¬†
  99.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Layer Modes</span>
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