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0 pointsbeAbU2y ago0 comments

The layer is automatically masked by the boundaries of the image. This is how it works in most other layer based tools that I've seen.

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dijit2y ago· 4 in thread

Isn't this a severe limitation of rasterized image editors?

(Speaking from ignorance as someone who only did some mild graphics design work using fireworks in the mid-00's for forums).

Would it mean that anything that exists outside of the visible canvas would be cropped on save?

beAbUOP2y ago

This depends on the image editor you use. I'm pretty sure that PS saves whatever is on the layer, even if it's extends past the boundaries of the image itself. At any time you can open the file, and move the layer and get access to whatever was masked off.

If you "flatten" the layer, then you might lose what's beyond the boundaries.

bennettbackward2y ago

Not if you're saving to the GIMP project file format. You'd lose it if you saved to a raster image but you'd also lose layers, vectors, etc. too.

dijit2y ago

Sorry, more stupid questions then.

> Not if you're saving to the GIMP project file format.

Ok, but if I understood correctly we're asking GIMP to remove code paths that have different layer boundaries, so that would surely affect GIMPs project file format?

blkhawk2y ago

wait GIMP does vectors now? I hope you don't mean that stupid useless plugin that renders to a bitmap layer and you can't adjst again afterwards? Or has that improved while I wasn't looking?

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p0nce2y ago

I could live with that.

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