On 03/10/2017 11:41 AM, spy46 wrote: > I am having a hard time understanding something. > an area I have selected, will not move when i try to move it, I will either > move > the selection box or the layer. > how do i move the selection area.
The usual method is to make your selection, adjust the size, shape and location of the selection as necessary then do Edit > Cut (or Ctrl+x) and Edit > Paste (or Ctrl+v). This puts a copy of the selected area right where it was selected from, and you can drag it around to any location. When it is where you want to leave it, click once /outside/ the selection you have been dragging around and it will anchor (merge down into) the layer you are working on. Note that if your layer has an alpha channel, dragging the pasted in selection around will leave a transparent "hole" in the layer. If your layer does not have an alpha channel, that "hole" will be the current background color (white by default). In the Layers dialog, you will see options to Add Alpha Channel or Remove Alpha Channel from the currently selected layer. You can also make a selection and do Edit > Copy (or Ctrl+c), then Edit > Paste (or Ctrl+v), then move and anchor your copied selection as desired, leaving the originally selected area intact. :o) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
