Attempting to migrate from PS to GIMP. In PS I learned > Cut to New Layer in ~10 seconds, used it in 2 seconds. In GIMP I'm wasting far too much time... Help! I attempted about X00 times to Rectangular Select > Cut a historic photo image from it's antique border and paste it onto a new layer. After ~X00 attempts, I was still unable to enjoy my selection surrounded by 'marching ants'. After far too many hours, I stumbled into an unrelated GIMP forum unrelated conversation that included "Do a Select > None." So after .5 lifetimes, I tried that and somehow rectangular 'marching ants' appeared. What does Select > None have to do with anything? How do I determine what is / is not on my clipboard?
Cut to New Layer was (if that's possible) much worse. Of course I tried creating a new layer and Cut > Paste to it. I tried letting various flavors of Paste create a new layer. This, I guess sporadically produced a worthless 'Floating Layer'. What does a Floating Layer have to do with anything? I tried anchoring everything to everything including my forehead. Sometimes the Anchor Button disappeared for a month. What does anchoring have to do with anything? But even more delightful (if that's possible), the Edit > Cut choice goes dark for a month. This, of course, allows zero cutting until I revert to an earlier version of my work from a few months earlier. What are advantages of Edit > Cut going dark? Did I breach my Edit > Cut limit? Did I fail cutting too many times? Just curious. And what else could I stumble into that could possibly make GIMP even more unproductive than I describe above? Well, after about 85,623 attempts to Select > Cut > Paste, I observe the following: (1) Zero pixels from my original Selection ever disappeared from my source layer; My source layer has no 'hole' in it, as I expect from a 'Cut'. (2) Zero pixels from my original Selection ever appeared on my new target layer; My new target layer has zero pixels or material from my source layer via 'Cut > Paste'. Does GIMP Help help? Apparently not. If Help helped, I would not have written this sorry saga. Thank you for your help in this matter, Adobero lschel...@gmail.com -- Adobero (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ 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
