On 8/8/05, Peter Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "Michael Schumacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >You can do this, at least I don't get what your problems with this are. > > Ok, then I stand corrected. I just thought that it didn't. > > >Especially, I don't get why doing something on a layer - even temprarily > >hovering and anchoring a selection - should affect the whole image. > >Anchoring is just a click outside the floating selection, so it's not many > > Well, the thing that tricked me into thinking so was that one had to > transform the "floating selection" into a "new layer". I thought of > the selection as just another layer, not a special one... > > >additional steps. BTW, could you explain what each of the "image/pic/canvas" > >mean to you? > > Afaiu, image=picture=canvas. > > >It might be a good thing to describe the workflow you're used to, then we > >could try to translate it into GIMP terminology for you. > > In a cad-program one works with completely separated elements (which can be > merged in one way or another). One can "group" these elements together by > using, for instance, layers (which is a loose kind of "grouping"). Of > course the layered elements can share attributes like colour, thickness and > others. These elements can be manipulated without affecting the others > (if you so choose). There is no real equivalent to making a "flat image" > (except maybe making a "dead" model). > > Iiuc, you can work like this in gimp (sort of at least): > * All images has at least one layer (the "background" - > right?) > * You can put more layers on top each other and work with > them separately, you can also re-arrange them. > * The "floating selection" is a kind of layer, which requires > special handling. > * If you want to manipulate the "floating selection", like > I did, I have to transform it into a new layer by choosing > "layer/new layer", which to me is rather unintuitive (which > shouldn't be taken as a form of criticism - just that people > think differently). If I don't do this I get the "cropped" > images when I save it as a jpeg (or any other non-layered > format, or "flatten" the image), even though I adjust the > canvas to "fit the layer".
I believe GIMP can do everything you want, except transform everything as a group. *sigh* If you can transform everything as a group, I have no clue how to do it. -- ~Mike - Just my two cents - No man is an island, and no man is unable. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
