[Gimp-user] Add a bit

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew
Hi. I have just started using gimp, and mosly I am getting on ok with help files and google. However, one thing is driving me nuts. If I want to add a bit to a picture, I make it bigger, using Image Canvas Size, and then paste in the bit I want to add. It shows up when I paste it, in the

Re: [Gimp-user] Add a bit

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew
Andrew wrote: Hi. I have just started using gimp, and mosly I am getting on ok with help files and google. However, one thing is driving me nuts. If I want to add a bit to a picture, I make it bigger, using Image Canvas Size, and then paste in the bit I want to add. It shows up when I paste

Re: [Gimp-user] Add a bit

2007-04-12 Thread Paul Surgeon
On Thursday 12 April 2007 11:28, Andrew wrote: Hi. I have just started using gimp, and mosly I am getting on ok with help files and google. However, one thing is driving me nuts. If I want to add a bit to a picture, I make it bigger, using Image Canvas Size, and then paste in the bit I want to

Re: [Gimp-user] Add a bit

2007-04-12 Thread Matthias Julius
Paul Surgeon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If your image is only a single layer then after changing the canvas size, flatten the image before pasting in a new selection. I'm not sure of this but based on the behaviour it seems as if the canvas resize operation adds an alpha channel and sets

Re: [Gimp-user] Add a bit

2007-04-12 Thread Michael Satterwhite
On Thursday 12 April 2007 04:28, Andrew wrote: Hi. I have just started using gimp, and mosly I am getting on ok with help files and google. However, one thing is driving me nuts. If I want to add a bit to a picture, I make it bigger, using Image Canvas Size, and then paste in the bit I want to