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I have multiple layers open in GIMP. I would like to export a pdf that has each layer on a new page.

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GIMP can't do this directly.

You need to use an intermediate file format.

Prerequisites

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

Steps

  1. Export from GIMP as an MNG animation: File → Export → document.mng

  2. Convert to PDF on the terminal:

    convert -reverse document.mng document.pdf
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    Nice tweak for not having to reorder the layers from how they come in from a pdf in the import. – Max Williams Jun 27 '18 at 15:07
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    Gimp 2.10 can do this, see @mjoao 's answer – Barun Jan 1 at 12:08
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Gimp (2.10) does it already. No extra software or plugins needed.

  1. Import all images/pages as layers.
  2. File > Export As > filename.pdf
  3. Select Layers as pages and Reverse the pages order
  4. Click the Export button.

That's all! Enjoy.

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    Not only does GIMP do this built in, but it's even clever enough that if you want to have multiple layers make up a page e.g. a base image and various additional text layers - you can do this using layer groups and then with the 'Layers as pages' option, GIMP will export each layer group as a separate page! – ec2011 Nov 6 at 1:53
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    The installed GIMP I have on Ubuntu 16.04 (GIMP 2.8.16) does not have this option. – user886869 Nov 21 at 0:04
  • GIMP 2.8.18 does not have this option – Alessandro Jacopson Nov 24 at 9:41
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There is a Gimp plugin that does this nicely.

http://registry.gimp.org/node/27987

The install path and how to change the permissions are covered in this blog post: https://www.zyxware.com/articles/4438/how-to-export-multiple-layers-from-gimp-into-a-pdf-file

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