Talk:Canvas File Menu
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Revision as of 12:43, 1 September 2014 by D.j.a.y (Talk | contribs) (File menu in single window (no more canvas file menu))
Rewrite preparation for 0.65 release
Now (in single window) it's File Menu and nor canvas file menu
Import - Imports an external file.
Depending on the file type you import, the appropriate layer is created :
- Import Image Layer grouped in a Switch Group Layer for any image file.
- Sound Layer for any sound file.
Image files
The images are imported with its dimension unless you have "<ToolBox> → <Setup> → <Misc.> → Scale New imported images to fit canvas" checked.
The supported file formats include :
- PNG
- PNG with alpha
- GIF
- JPEG
- BMP
- XCF (though layers are not supported, for multi-layer .xcf file see Gimp2synfig extension )
- PSD (though layers are not supported, for multi-layer convert it to xcf using Gimp and then use Gimp2synfig extension)
- TGA
- PPM
- EXR
- SVG (using the Inkscape "SIF exporter" extension is the recommended way)
- LST (to import an image sequence)
Sound files
The supported file formats depend on MLT framework (Media Loving Toolkit)