Hi, Has there been any discussion about doing away with the 'floating selection' quasi-layer that occurs after copy/pasting in Gimp? I don't mean to compare the Gimp to Photoshop, but it seems like this is a place where Photoshop does the right thing: when graphics are copy/pasted a new layer is created. In my experience the floating selection quasi-layer has little or no usefulness. A new layer is non-destructive. Why is there a need for this other type of layer? The name 'floating selection' isn't even accurate. This is a collection of pixels. It is not a selection. A selection is an ephemeral mask not a collection of specific pixels. What would be best, I think, is that a new layer would automatically be created after pasting and that this new layer, rather than appearing at the top of the layer stack, would be created directly above the currently active layer. While I'm at it I also recommend that layer boundaries should be disposed of. They only add confusion. A layer should be apparently without dimension and should be masked only by the canvas. The current way of doing things is confusing. If a boundary smaller than the canvas is desired a layer mask should be used. Currently I am confused about the relationship between layer boundaries and layer masks. They seem to be the same thing. Thanks for listening. If a discussion about these issues has already taken place, please provide URLs to those discussions. I have no intention of reopening discussions that have already been resolved. Jason Simanek _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
