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New user question- fitting canvas to layers

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New user question- fitting canvas to layers carla 17 Mar 16:09
  New user question- fitting canvas to layers Pat David 17 Mar 20:25
   New user question- fitting canvas to layers carla 17 Mar 21:51
    New user question- fitting canvas to layers Ofnuts 19 Mar 21:46
     New user question- fitting canvas to layers Richard 22 Mar 00:48
carla
2017-03-17 16:09:31 UTC (over 7 years ago)

New user question- fitting canvas to layers

I added a new layer to my file and I tried to change the layer to image size to accommodate it but all I get is a transparent increase in the canvas size that only shows part of the image. How do i show the whole image? (please don't get technical on me- I have no idea what I'm doing!!) Also, I'm on a Mac.

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Pat David
2017-03-17 20:25:10 UTC (over 7 years ago)

New user question- fitting canvas to layers

If the layer size is larger than the canvas (image) size, you'll need to increase the canvas size to fit your layers (hint: check the image menu - https://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/gimp-image-resize-to-layers.html).

It might help to be specific about what you've already tried. On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:18 PM carla wrote:

I added a new layer to my file and I tried to change the layer to image size
to accommodate it but all I get is a transparent increase in the canvas size
that only shows part of the image. How do i show the whole image? (please don't get technical on me- I have no idea what I'm doing!!) Also, I'm on a Mac.

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carla
2017-03-17 21:51:26 UTC (over 7 years ago)

New user question- fitting canvas to layers

Thanks Pat,
I tried that a bunch of times but absolutely nothing happens.

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Ofnuts
2017-03-19 21:46:57 UTC (over 7 years ago)

New user question- fitting canvas to layers

On 17/03/17 22:51, carla wrote:

Thanks Pat,
I tried that a bunch of times but absolutely nothing happens.

If you have done this after "Layer>Layer to image size" then the layer has been cropped and "Image>Fit canvas to layers" won't to anything since the layer is already the same size as the canvas.

If you zoom out so that the canvas does doesn't fill the whole window, do you see the layer boundary (dotted line) outside of the canvas?

Richard
2017-03-22 00:48:48 UTC (over 7 years ago)

New user question- fitting canvas to layers

A small statusbar notification to this effect could be convenient to have ... it's always a little confusing when a specific operation performs apparently nothing and then you have to figure out why.

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From: gimp-user-list on behalf of Ofnuts Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 2:46 PM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] New user question- fitting canvas to layers

If you have done this after "Layer>Layer to image size" then the layer has been cropped and "Image>Fit canvas to layers" won't to anything since the layer is already the same size as the canvas.