Try the same function in Photoshop and you'll see that it is not
inaccurate. If you put a layer below other layers, and then work on
them, there is no reason why it should suddenly "display" above all the
layers, at full opacity. How I am supposed to see behind it? If I
wanted it in front of the other layers, then I'd put it above the other
layers. It needn't be displayed in front of / above the layers behind /
below which I've placed it.
This makes for very inaccurate graphic design, and a lot more inaccurate
than what you're describing.
On 31/07/2011 17:13, David Gowers (kampu) wrote:
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Fred J <fokju...@gmail.com
<mailto:fokju...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This, besides the text tool, is probably one of the most
unintuitive features in Gimp.
- Find an image on Google / hard drive.
- Drop it into your working area.
- Change it's transparency.
- Resize / Rotate and, suddenly, the transparency reverts to
original state.
This last step makes no sense. I changed its transparency for a
reason and it must stay that way until I say so.
And it does stay that way. Currently, we have an opacity control in
the transform dialog. This defaults to 100% IIRC. It only effects the
*display* during transform. The opacity setting of the layer is
unaffected, it's simply not in operation during that time.
(There are various logical problems with using the layer's opacity
during transforms... eg, transforming part of a layer -> overlapping
parts are inaccurate, and non-overlapping parts may be inaccurate if
the layer has no alpha channel. Same applies to transforming a whole
layer.. because the original is not, and must not be, hidden during
the transform, inheriting the layer opacity causes problems with the
accuracy of the display)
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