On 12/16/2010 06:21 AM, Lambertus wrote: >> Hello David and thank you for the quick reply! >> Now, using the word "Canvas" rather than "Drawable area" makes things a lot >> more sane immediately, and your >> explanation is accurate and acceptable. > Maybe this is the same situation I have. > > I have a picture (picture 1). > I expand the size of the canvas to make room to copy another picture beside > the original (picture 2). > Picture 2 is copied from an open GIMP image and pasted into the enlarged > canvas area of picture 1. > Picture 2 is invisible if it dragged outside the bounds of picture 1 into an > open area of the canvas. > I can't figure out why that would be a useful design characteristic and how > to change the situation to make the imported pictures visible on the expanded > canvas. > > Probably something simple.
Because what you have at that point is a floating selection, not a layer, and what Gimp is showing you is what you get if you anchor that selection *to your active layer*. Do this quick experiment: make a picture with two layers visible side by side: select one layer and paste something else: if you move the pasted selection it won't affect the other layer. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
