Hi David, gimpusers, >>>> 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)? It's located under Edit > Buffer. It came to my attention when I was viewing, "Grokking the GIMP". http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html?node22.html I haven't gotten the logistics down on how to use it. > 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. Agree. >> 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. Okay. Thank you. -- __________________________ DJ _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
