Re: [Gimp-user] Rescale Tool - Layer Mask Added

2013-06-16 Thread Andrew & Bridget
Thanks Grue,straight forward when you know how to... The behavior of scaling a layer with a layer mask is indeed very strange (it also creates a floating selection for some reason?) There's a workaround though (two workarounds, in fact) 1. Put your layer inside of a layer group, and scale the l

Re: [Gimp-user] Rescale Tool - Layer Mask Added

2013-06-16 Thread Grue
>When you try to rescale a layer using the Rescale Tool with a layer >mask >active, it scales of the mask, likewise if you select the layer it >will >scale the layer. Can I select both the layer and layer mask and scale >the layer, thus it keeps the layer mask showing the desired masked >area >onl

Re: [Gimp-user] Rescale Tool - Layer Mask Added

2013-06-15 Thread Andrew & Bridget
Thanks, it is that's a very simple way, and is the way I currently work. I just thought the logically way would have been to scale a active masked layer as seen with the mask active. On 15/06/2013 20:29, Daniel Hauck wrote: Taking the obvious approach, I always just duplicate a layer and make

Re: [Gimp-user] Rescale Tool - Layer Mask Added

2013-06-15 Thread Daniel Hauck
Taking the obvious approach, I always just duplicate a layer and make it not visible. That way, I can use the copied layer again in other ways. Simple. On 06/15/2013 03:24 PM, Andrew & Bridget wrote: When you try to rescale a layer using the Rescale Tool with a layer mask active, it scales o