Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > Yes. But I don't think we should always add the alpha channel. Just > do it automatically as soon as there is more than a single layer in > the image. > what remains in this case is that things like clear selection (on the bg layer) suddenly start to behave differently, depending if there's a layer above the background layer or not. Ick. I'd vote for always having an alpha layer. seems to be cleaner conceptually. jtl .