Re: [Gimp-user] Conserving layer groups in mockup export

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 13/12/16 10:58, Daniel wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I'm working on creating multi-layer website mockups using layer groups
> to organize the elements of each section (header, menu, footer, etc).
> The client would like the mockups in PSD format, but the PSD export
> function flattens the layer groups, so during the conversion of the PSD
> to HTML/CSS the developer won't be able to extract/isolate individual
> elements (images/icons/etc) in the layer groups if they want to. I
> already looked into exporting a multi-layer TIFF from Gimp, but that is
> not currently supported.
>
> I've got access to a copy of Photoshop, but I barely know how to use it
> except for recreating the layer groups, so using it for doing the
> mockups is not an option.
>
> My idea for a workaround is to not use layer groups in Gimp and just
> have all the elements in layers without any hierarchy, then export to
> PSD, then in Photoshop open the file and create layer groups and
> reorganize the elements as I normally would in Gimp. This solution takes
> more time and is less organized during the creation of the mockups in
> Gimp since I'll have no layer groups, but it is not the end of the
> world, and maybe the only workable solution.
>
> I'd love to know how others work through this type of issue. Anyone have
> any suggestions?

If you are just using groups to keep related things together and not for 
specific compositing order,
a possible solution is to use a script in Gimp to un-group everything 
before exporting.