5 Dec
2007
5 Dec
'07
2:01 p.m.
On Dec 5, 2007 6:24 PM, David Olofson <david(a)olofson.net> wrote:
...but now I get it, thanks!
-Chuckk
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On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
The main thing I notice is that I can't select any other layers until
I anchor the new one...
My GIMP frustration is when pasting into an
existing picture; I get
a new layer, and I can't do anything until I anchor it.
You can move it around, and most tools (color, transforms, filters
etc) will operate on the Floating Selection as if it was a normal
layer. When I anchor
it, the layer and any selection involved with it
disappear.
Right; you could think of anchoring as *actually* pasting it - and
it's pasted into the layer that was previously selected.
If you want to keep it as a separate layer, right click on it in the
Layers pane and select "New Layer..." Note that the new layer will
only be as large as the pasted selection! You can use "Layer Boundary
Size..." or "Layer to Image Size" to change that at any time.