I've looked around and it looks like GIMP doesn't have anything like
Photoshop's shape layers. Shape layers are really cool because they're
a path tied to a normal layer whose purpose is simply to ummask that
normal layer. Photoshop then gives you a live preview of what that
unmasked layer looks like when the path is closed, and automatically
updates that preview as you edit the path's nodes. In addition,
Photoshop offers the option to apply layer effects live (updated each
time you edit the nodes in the shape layer's path).
Although you can do this in GIMP, you have to do it all manually (create
path, convert to selection, fill selection) so it's much slower and it
isn't a "live preview". Are there any plans to introduce something like
this for GIMP?
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Best regards,
Jeremy Morton (Jez)
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