Re: [Gimp-user] Linking Layers?

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 2:02 AM, PlasticTopHat wrote:
> My current drawing is really building up an amazing collection of layers. I
> still would like to be able to edit these layers individually later on, but for
> now I would be happy with having some of them "collapsed" in groups. I'd rather
> not merge them together and have to store individual layers in a separate file
> to import later. Is there an easy way to "collapse" a group of layers?
>
> For instance, the drawing is of a wooden cross with ivy growing on it. I have
> three layers of ivy leaves, each a slightly different shade. I would like to
> collapse them into a "leaves" group that takes up less space in my layers menu,
> but still have them expandable if I decide to edit them later.
>
> Is there a way to do that, or something similar?

http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-layer-groups.html

Alex