> Friends, > > OK, maybe this is just a matter of a lack of user experience, but > recently after having edited an image using "paste" in the GIMP edit > menu (v. 2.6), I was mildly surprised to find out that the edits were > not in the layer I expected to find them. When I made the copy, the > floating layer appeared at the top of the stack in the layers dialog > box, even though the active layer was a couple layers down. I wasn't > paying much attention to the layers dialog during the copy / paste > processes, and the pasted bits seemed to be in the layer I wanted them > in. But they weren't. I didn't lose much here, the desired materials > were moved into the proper layers with a minimum of effort, and as > chance would have it, that the layers that the bits had been pasted > into > by mistake had nothing else of significance in them. > > But it did lead me to wonder if the floating layer is always at the > top, > why this is so, as opposed to having the floating layer inserted into > the stack of the layer dialog immediately above the active layer. I guess most things float on the top. 1. Select your active layer 2. Paste 3. When you anchor, the "float-ing layer" it sinks to the active layer If you want the copy on a new layer, either; a. Create a new layer, position it in the stack, and then paste/anchor b. Edit->paste as New layer and then move it in the stack http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-image-combining.html#gimp-concepts-layers and http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-selection-float.html are probably worth the read -- Owen _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
