Re: [Gimp-user] PDF Export: Layers as Pages

["Jens Granseuer" <jensgr gmx net>]

On Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:36:41 +0200 Ralf GESELLENSETTER wrote:
> It is nice that Gimp enables me to import PDF files with multiple
> pages to my likings: as layers or as separate pictures.
>
> It would be even nicer if I could write back such files from layers
> without any workarounds straight forward.
>
> There are plugins doing this, I think, and I can use MNG files + convert.
>
> What I miss is a (re-)export entry in the file menu to just write
> back the original file page by page (= layer by layer) or to print
> a file layer by layer on multiple pages.
>
> Another approach could be to have a flag: Handle layers as pages.
>
> Any hints or suggestions?

I had a need for this functionality as well and bug 382688 [0] has a patch that allows you to do just that. 
Unfortunately, it's been languishing in bugzilla for quite a while with no activity...

Regards,
Jens

[0] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=382688