bgw wrote: > DJ wrote: > >> Hi bgw, GimpUsers, >> >> b> Not quite - "paste as new layer" creates a new layer with the selection >> b> in the upper left corner. "Paste" places it exactly on top, as Sven >> b> noted, and then "Layer->New Layer" will transform the floating layer >> b> into a new layer properly located. >> >> Ah, that did the trick. >> >> The two methods produce different results then: >> 1a. Edit / Paste As / New Layer >> 1b. Edit / Paste; Layers / New Layer >> >> Is there any other use for the "Floating Selection", other than >> turning it into a "New Layer"? >> >> > You will most likely have noticed that simply clicking outside the > "floating selections anchors it. > The most obvious use is creating multiple copies of a portion of the > image, without going through the "layer-merge" steps. > > I do that using Ctrl-C; Ctrl-V. > Ctrl-C copies the selection to the clipboard, and Ctrl-V pastes it > (creating the "Floating Selection")- I will then move it to a new location. > Another Ctrl-V will create another copy, at the same time "anchoring" > the floating selection (which means merging it into the then active layer). > The new floating selection is no longer in the original location (I > haven't paid much attention to the rules by which it is located at that > point). > I will then move that new floating selection to the next place I want > it, and either another Ctrl-V to anchor it and create another copy as a > floating selection, or click outside of it in order to stop making copies. > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-use > The Copy-Paste floating layer is positioned on top of the preceding layer.
As bgw says, if you paste on top of a floating layer, it anchors the floating layer and merges it with the layer beneath. However, if you want to be able to move *both* your new float *and* the one beneath, convert the first float to a New Layer before pasting the second. The new float is positioned on top of the New Layer, wherever you moved it. Doug _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
