On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 9:01 AM, DJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, gimp-users, > >>> Is it possible to copy a "layer mask" from one layer to another layer? >> Yes, make it so that you are editing the layer mask on both, then >> select all and Copy from one and Paste to the other. > > I was going to ask, "What if the layers are different images?", but I > just tried it, and only the layer mask was copied/pasted. > > I just became aware of Edit > Buffer, and I see the layer mask in the > Buffers Dialog too. Do Gimp users use the Buffer a lot? I seems like > a nice little work area repository.
'the buffer'? Do you mean the Buffers mechanism and dialog (as opposed to simple Copy/Paste)? Not that I've ever heard of. It's nice in theory, I think the need to name buffers impedes the usability in practice. A limited amount of numbered buffers that you may *optionally* name seems more usable to me. > > I'm trying to think of all the various things I may want to copy. > Paths and Channels comes to mind. I see on the Path Dialog, on the > right-click, there is Copy Path and Paste Path. But there isn't > something similar on the Channels Dialog. I'm still trying to get a > stronger understanding of Paths and Channels, so maybe there wouldn't > be a need to copy/paste a Channel. But, if there were, how would you > do it? Just like any other drawable. Make it active (eg click on it in the channels dialog), Copy, make the one you want to paste to active, Paste. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
