On 02/22/2015 09:24 AM, Joseph Bupe wrote: > It seems that in gimp the images created from scratch on a layer have by > default the layer-to-image-size property, which makes the transform tools' > operation to include the entire image size; that is if I did not specify > with the select tool what I want to transform. Newly created layers are as large as the image by default. > However, an image from clip-board pasted in using Edit>paste-as-new-layer > works well with the Unified Transform Tool since the tool clips/constrains > its operation within the bounds of that image (as long as the image's > surrounding is empty and transparent). Pasted content retains its original size. > My humble opinion is that images created from scratch should not have the > layer-to-image-size property so that they can work well with the transform > tools on the fly, but also intelligently allow other tools (brush, smudge) > and filters (drop shadow) to work on them without necessarily having to > convert layers to image size. This would be what the enhancement request https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93639 is about - dynamically adjusting layer boundaries. > The other option would be to allow the Unified Transform Tool to be used > also for selecting (like the rectangle select tool) the image(s) to be > transformed. What doesn't work right now? -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
