GIMP tutorial no.5

[Overfifty]

I've downloaded the text from the tutorials, viewed the videos once and was in the process of following through each in a step by step manner. Having reached the end of the fifth tutorial I find I have five layers as has Travis (background/original/bw/curves/photocopy). However, regardless of which layer I click on the only one which appears in the window is the the last layer I created (photocopy). For example, if I click on the first layer (portrait) I expect to bring up the color portrait. If I click on the second layer (BW) I expect to see a black and white (desaturated) version of the color photo. Any and all suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong would be much appreciated. Thank you, Barry.

[aubec]

Hi Barry

If you check at the side of each layer there is an eye. click on the eye of for example background original/ bw/ curves so the eye disappears and only the eye for photocopy layer is showing and you will only see that layer.  Click on a layer to bring it back.

 

Hope that makes sense.  Good luck

[Overfifty]

Thank you Angela. I was sure that in the tutorial Travis demonstrated that clicking on a layer brought that layer up in the open window without closing the other "eyes". I'll give it a try. Cheers, Barry.

[amazingkevin]

That's as far as i can go patterning !