05-28-2022, 05:20 PM
It is no good complaining that Gimp does not work like your other favorite programs. Gimp works the way Gimp works and that is how it should be. Admittedly the distribution tool is old and quirky.
It looks like your second image comes from some demo of using the distribution tool but there are various options in the tool.
If the distributed layers (Note: Layers, not elements or objects) are outside the canvas then you can toggle View -> All to see what you have. If you want to keep it, then Image -> Fit Canvas to Layers does just that.
This quick animation https://i.imgur.com/N8SExti.mp4 distributes several layers outside the canvas size according to a path.
If you give details of your requirements then possibly you will get advice for an alternative way. Always different ways for everything in Gimp.
It looks like your second image comes from some demo of using the distribution tool but there are various options in the tool.
If the distributed layers (Note: Layers, not elements or objects) are outside the canvas then you can toggle View -> All to see what you have. If you want to keep it, then Image -> Fit Canvas to Layers does just that.
This quick animation https://i.imgur.com/N8SExti.mp4 distributes several layers outside the canvas size according to a path.
If you give details of your requirements then possibly you will get advice for an alternative way. Always different ways for everything in Gimp.