I don't have a solution, but would like to second this - it is really counter productive. The layer should indeed stay where it is and do not change settings like opacity, etc.
Peter On 01/26/2011 10:22 AM, Jeremy Nell wrote: > The more I work in Gimp, the more I realise that this is something that > needs to be looked at by the developers, as it is not very intuitive. > > Again, I've found how the focus of the image being rotated / scaled > interferes with the rest of the working area. For example, if I set a > particular layer's opacity to 20% and the layer is at the bottom of all > other layers, why, then, does the opacity become 100% and the layer > suddenly appear on top of all other layers? > > This makes it very difficult to work efficiently. > > Is there a way to fix this / work around it? > > > On 21/01/2011 12:33, Jeremy Nell wrote: >> Thanks. That does help, but not completely, because the more you >> lessen the opacity, the less of the preview you can see. It still >> appears on top of all the layers, rather than in the layer where it >> was originally positioned (in this case, at the bottom). >> >> >> On 21/01/2011 12:20, Mikel Garai wrote: >>> The rotate tool have an "opacity" slider for the preview in the "tool >>> options dialog". >>> >>> El 21/01/11 11:16, Jeremy Nell escribió: >>>> 1. I have an illustration with a few layers (lines and colours). >>>> 2. I drag and drop, let's say, an image of a TV onto the illustration. >>>> 3. I move the TV's layer down to below all the layers, so that it's at >>>> the bottom and appears partly behind, say, a cabinet. >>>> 4. I want to scale and rotate it so that it looks better (still behind >>>> the cabinet). I click the Rotate tool. >>>> 5. When I rotate the TV, it no longer appears behind all the other >>>> layers (and, thus, behind the cabinet). It appears as if it were the >>>> top most layer and, thus, in front of the cabinet. >>>> >>>> Is there a way to make it NOT do that? This is because I physically >>>> can't see behind it, so my rotating becomes guesswork; if my rotation is >>>> wrong, then I undo and try again, which becomes a bit tedious. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Gimp-user mailing list >>>> Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU >>>> https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gimp-user mailing list >>> Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU >>> https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
