Difference between revisions of "Talk:Canvas File Menu"

Revision as of 13:47, 1 September 2014

  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 and added to the Layers Panel:

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)

The supported file formats depend on MLT framework (Media Loving Toolkit)

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 '''Import''' - Imports an external file. <br>
-Depending on the file type you import, the appropriate layer is created :
+Depending on the file type you import, the appropriate layer is created and added to the {{l|Layers Panel}}:
 * {{l|Import Image Layer}} grouped in a {{l|Switch Group Layer}} for any image file.
 * {{l|Sound Layer}} for any sound file.