[Gimp-developer] Merged Image not able to be drawn on...

[Jim Sabatke]

Brendan wrote:
> More on the "bug" I am running into. It very well may be that this is not a 
> bug and just a feature or whatever that I am running into, but it's not very 
> well explained anywhere, seemingly.
>
> I have an image that I have worked on, had multiple layers, then when merged 
> down, it cannot be drawn on directly, even though only one layer is shown and 
> no error message pops up. 2.2 didn't seem to feature this, as I have done it 
> countless times. Seems to be intermittent, but it's hard to figure out when I 
> don't have much time to debug.
>
> More info...when I am saving the image as a jpeg, it shows the message about 
> transparency...so is there a hidden layer or something that isn't allowing me 
> to draw on...oh hell, I am running out of words.
>
> I can send out a screenshot of the "issue". Didn't want to send it to the list 
> and waste bandwidth.
>
> BTW, this is a compiled-from-source version of 2.4.4.
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I suspect that sending the XCF file, as suggested earlier by I don't
remember who, might be the best way to start.  That should contain
everything, hidden or not, in your picture.

Good  luck,

Jim