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4<!-- section history:
5  2007-12-05 j.h: updated to v2.4. No change
6  2007-06-13 Added Spanish translation by AntI
7  2007-03-12 Kolbjørn: added no translation
8  2005/11/11 split of from layer-mask.xml by axel.wernicke
9-->
10<sect2 id="gimp-layer-flip-vertical">
11  <title>Flip Vertically</title>
12
13  <indexterm>
14    <primary>Layer</primary>
15    <secondary>Transform</secondary>
16    <tertiary>Flip vertically</tertiary>
17  </indexterm>
18  <indexterm>
19    <primary>Flip vertically (layer)</primary>
20  </indexterm>
21
22  <para>
23    The <guimenuitem>Flip Vertically</guimenuitem> command reverses the
24    active layer vertically, that is, from top to bottom. It leaves the
25    dimensions of the layer and the pixel information unchanged.
26  </para>
27
28  <sect3>
29    <title>Activating the Command</title>
30    <itemizedlist>
31      <listitem>
32        <para>
33          You can access this command from the image menubar through
34          <menuchoice>
35            <guimenu>Layer</guimenu>
36            <guisubmenu>Transform</guisubmenu>
37            <guimenuitem>Flip Vertically</guimenuitem>
38          </menuchoice>.
39        </para>
40      </listitem>
41    </itemizedlist>
42  </sect3>
43  <sect3>
44    <title>Example</title>
45    <figure>
46      <title>Applying <quote>Flip Layer Vertically</quote></title>
47      <mediaobject>
48        <imageobject>
49          <imagedata fileref="images/menus/layer/flip.png" format="PNG"/>
50        </imageobject>
51        <caption>
52          <para>
53            Before applying the command
54          </para>
55        </caption>
56      </mediaobject>
57      <mediaobject>
58        <imageobject>
59          <imagedata fileref="images/menus/layer/flip-v.png" format="PNG"/>
60        </imageobject>
61        <caption>
62          <para>
63            The layer after it has been flipped. It looks
64            as if the image has been reflected along the central
65            <emphasis>horizontal</emphasis> axis of the layer.
66          </para>
67        </caption>
68      </mediaobject>
69    </figure>
70  </sect3>
71</sect2>
72