Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux.

For the vast majority of my work, every time I enlarge the canvas (which I have to do a _lot_ ), I want _all_ the Layers to enlarge as well.

However, the dialog box

Image... Canvas Size... Layers...

_always_ seems to default to "None" instead of "All Layers".

While I have a difficult time understanding why "None" is a better default setting than "All Layers", I suppose that there are some very good reasons that are beyond my grasp.

However, certainly there must be a way to change this default for a particular Gimp installation.... or at the very least, for a particular user session of running Gimp.

Am I missing something?

Does this require a plug-in? Is there one that will do it?

Is there a plug-in that will allow the user control over _all_ the defaults? (The model that comes to mind is the firefox/thunderbird about:config setting methods.)

Jay

Hi saulgoode,

Thanks for your input, but I am afraid that you have completely misunderstood the intent of my question.

- I want the visible "objects" (other than the background color) currently in the image to remain exactly the same size.

- I want to increase the size of the canvas and fill the newly created size/area with the background color -- which is exactly what happens when "All Layers" is selected.

My question relates to configuring Gimp to remember the "All Layers" setting in that dialog box instead of Gimp forgetting it every darn time.

Thanks.

Jay

On 04/01/2009 02:39 PM, saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote:

Quoting Jay Smith :

Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux.

For the vast majority of my work, every time I enlarge the canvas (which I have to do a _lot_ ), I want _all_ the Layers to enlarge as well.

However, the dialog box

Image... Canvas Size... Layers...

_always_ seems to default to "None" instead of "All Layers".

The "Image/Canvas size..." command will only change the size of your "work surface" (the paper size, if you will) but not change the size of the graphics ON the canvas.

In order enlarge or shrink the image fully -- that is change the size of the pictures on the "paper", not just the size of the "paper" -- you should use the "Image->Scale Image" command.

I have just discovered an additional -- but exactly the same basic subject -- problem with this dialog box:

The 'link' symbol at the top, between the two pixel sizes, reverts every single time to "linked" status. It seems that it has to be "unlinked" every time if you wish to change only one of the dimensions of the canvas.

Again, is there a way to get Gimp to remember this setting (either permanently or per-session)?

I would have assumed that there is an rc file(s) somewhere that contains every conceivable dialog box setting/value.

Jay

On 04/01/2009 12:27 PM, Jay Smith wrote:

Using Gimp 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Linux.

For the vast majority of my work, every time I enlarge the canvas (which I have to do a _lot_ ), I want _all_ the Layers to enlarge as well.

However, the dialog box

Image... Canvas Size... Layers...

_always_ seems to default to "None" instead of "All Layers".

While I have a difficult time understanding why "None" is a better default setting than "All Layers", I suppose that there are some very good reasons that are beyond my grasp.

However, certainly there must be a way to change this default for a particular Gimp installation.... or at the very least, for a particular user session of running Gimp.

Am I missing something?

Does this require a plug-in? Is there one that will do it?

Is there a plug-in that will allow the user control over _all_ the defaults? (The model that comes to mind is the firefox/thunderbird about:config setting methods.)

Jay