Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-04-03 Thread Gez
El dom, 29-03-2015 a las 11:53 -0400, Elle Stone escribió: What you just described - shift-click the new layer button plus dragging the foreground/background color - works perfectly, MUCH better than using the new layer dialog. Thanks! Many thanks!! By comparision, using the new layer

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-04-03 Thread Elle Stone
On 04/03/2015 07:44 AM, Gez wrote: El dom, 29-03-2015 a las 11:53 -0400, Elle Stone escribió: What you just described - shift-click the new layer button plus dragging the foreground/background color - works perfectly, MUCH better than using the new layer dialog. Thanks! Many thanks!! By

[Gimp-developer] 2.8.14

2015-04-03 Thread BooksOnBooks
Dear Gimpshop, I installed Gimpshop 2.8.14. I am missing the toolbar across the top. The tool bar that is supposed to be below file edit select is missing, never appeared after installation and I cannot figure out how to turn it on. Please advise. thank you. Mike Herman

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-04-03 Thread C R
Personally, every time I want to mask out the current selection (sometimes I make 3 or 4 in a row for stacked layer mode edits). This is probably considered far beyond the scope of what a typical user does, though, so I'm willing to personally sacrifice and rework my work flow if most people think

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-04-03 Thread Gez
El vie, 03-04-2015 a las 20:36 +0100, C R escribió: Not to be a pain, but if you have a selection already (that you want to keep), clicking and dragging a colour fills the selection, which is not the same as making a new layer with foreground/background, or white. If I'm outvoted on the issue

Re: [Gimp-developer] 2.8.14

2015-04-03 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 04/03/2015 09:28 PM, booksonbo...@aol.com wrote: Dear Gimpshop, This is the GIMP developer list, not a Gimpshop list. I installed Gimpshop 2.8.14. This might have been a serious mistake - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMPshop#Status In particular this quote by the original

Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

2015-04-03 Thread C R
Come to think of it, I've changed my mind, and agree with making transparent the default action. My reason is this: When I was teaching Photoshop at University, I tried to think of a good physical paradigm for explaining how layers work to people who always worked on a single layer for fear of