[Gimp-developer] canvas and layer

2012-06-19 Thread Ursu Dumitru
Hello I've noticed that the the problem with Save/Export is calming down ( I guess till the Ubuntu users get their hands on GIMP 2.8, and start whining ), so I want to start a new issue, and I hope it will be a constructive discussion. Now what I was wondering was: is there a real need for

Re: [Gimp-developer] canvas and layer

2012-06-19 Thread Elle Stone
On 6/19/12, Ursu Dumitru dimaurs...@gmail.com wrote: Now what I was wondering was: is there a real need for having both these things: canvas and layer? Aren't they pretty much the same thing? Perhaps we are talking about two different things. But I use canvas (Image - Canvas size) all the

Re: [Gimp-developer] canvas and layer

2012-06-19 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 19.06.2012 20:17, Ursu Dumitru wrote: Now what I was wondering was: is there a real need for having both these things: canvas and layer? Aren't they pretty much the same thing? In an image, you have multiple layers. Or layers that are larger than the canvas, or smaller, ... I don't

Re: [Gimp-developer] canvas and layer

2012-06-19 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 21:17 +0300, Ursu Dumitru wrote: Now what I was wondering was: is there a real need for having both these things: canvas and layer? Aren't they pretty much the same thing? The canvas is a sort of layer that contains other layers, such that the inner layers are clipped to

Re: [Gimp-developer] canvas and layer

2012-06-19 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Guillermo Espertino (Gez) wrote: Personally I don't see any reason to revisit these concepts. Even if, unlike Mypaint and Krita, GIMP doesn't have the notion of background patterns? :) Alexandre Prokoudine http://libregraphicsworld.org