GIMP 2.10 - Trouble Painting or Cloning On Top of Alpha

[TMORT]

I have picture I'm working on with several layers. There is an area of alpha, and a border around it on another layer and another layer has an image of some  leaves.  I'd there is a gap of alpha between the colored border and the leaves. I'd like paint or clone over the gap of alpha.

I've tried adding another layer, raising and lowering layers. It is just locked somehow. I've tried pressing the little chekerboard in the layers tool panel for each of them.

I've used GIMP for a number of years, and a number of features and tools, but only do a few now and then.  I never really use it enough to get proficient or retain how do things.

[denzjos]

After looking at this video, maybe you find a solution  :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCyBF0NwIDU

[rich2005]

A 55 minute video on using layers - I do not think so, up to you, I find these bs.

Quote:I've tried adding another layer, raising and lowering layers. It is just locked somehow. I've tried pressing the little chekerboard in the layers tool panel for each of them.

This is where more information is required. Layers should move using the layers dock up / down arrows or by click-n-drag. The icons top of the dock (lock pixels / lock position / lock alpha) are just for the contents of the layer and do not affect moving the layer in the stack. example: https://i.imgur.com/eGhrrnH.mp4

It might be that the problem is layer groups. Move a layer in a layer group and using the up / down arrows and the layer is confined to the group. A click-n-drag will move layers in and out out of a layer group. example: https://i.imgur.com/7zCREWy.mp4

Quote: I'd there is a gap of alpha between the colored border and the leaves. I'd like paint or clone over the gap of alpha.

All sorts of ways you might do this. One way is make the appropriate layers visible, all the others with visibility off.
Then Layer -> New from visible will combine into a new layer. Use the paint tool in behind mode and carefully paint in. example: https://i.imgur.com/1eTu8sE.mp4
Cloning is a bit more difficult, all depends on your base layer.

[TMORT]

I did look at the video. Actually, I found the answer in the first minute or so. it may also had a lot to do with I gave up circling around and gave up for the day and posted my post and did other things/slept on it.

I guess I'd managed to lose track of what layer was where and which one is active.

Just wondering now if in the layer dockable panel there is any indication of the order of the layers, which one is currently selected, etc.

Thanks for the reply.

[rich2005]

Quote:Just wondering now if in the layer dockable panel there is any indication of the order of the layers, which one is currently selected, etc..

Just the usual.

The active layer on the canvas has a yellow dashed border. If you do not have that, then you turned it off. Use View -> Show Layer Boundary For your question, in the layers dock the active layer has a border and a background. Background is not so easy to see in the horrible black theme, easier to see in a lighter theme.

   

The move tool will indicate the layer it is clicked on. The active layer remains active, the layer in the layer dock temporarily moves to the 'clicked-on' layer.