> From: Cristian Secar? >
> the first paste
> action the new created layer remain there for ever, even
> after six or
> ten thousands other further actions. I only want to combine
> layers when
> I give the command to flatten the image.
That was a usability issue in older version of Gimp is solve
The layer you get get when you paste is only temporary, and
automatically anchors as soon as you do something layer-related. If
you want a pasted image segment to become a new permanent layer,
select Layer->New Layer while there's a floating selection.
Note that the new layer will still only be a
I am doing this:
- I open an ordinary .jpg file
- I choose a selection tool (say, rectangle)
- I select some small region
- copy (from menu)
- paste (from menu)
- the pasted selection appears as a "Floating Selection / (Pasted
Layer)"
- I choose the move tool
- I move the pasted layer to my desired
