(03-01-2025, 08:28 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: The old behavior still exists as Edit > Paste as > Floating data. The new behavior is equivalent to the old Edit > Paste plus Layer > To new layer(*) and as far as I can tell what is copied is as before: the smallest rectangle that holds the selection.
I have been using 2.4, 2.6, 2.8 and 2.10 and the only benefit I ever saw with the floating selection is:
But for #2 in modern PCs, RAM is hardly an issue, and the benefit of having a plain layer on which you can perform any operation (including painting) has always outweighed the RAM usage.
- You can paste on things that aren't layers (masks and channels)
- It may save some RAM
(*) if there are no "unmerged" filters, because here the real problem with V3 is the non-destructive editing, that sort of works but introduces a lot of kinks in the UI.
Thanks, to me the floating selection saves clicks and time, but, yes Paste as Floating data seems to do what plain Paste did in version 2, and more digging reveals that the old copy is still there, as Copy Visible. So I guess I'm OK, and I just need to redefine the keyboard shortcuts to do what I'm used to.
I guess I should have tried a little more before posting, but I was already frustrated that I can no longer use my scanner or take screenshots.
(03-01-2025, 09:58 PM)Tas_mania Wrote: I use Gnome Screenshot on Debian systems. I thought it could work on any Linux desktop. I do a lot of what you do and have not switched to Gimp3 yet. It's still on release candidates and I miss the python2 scripts that can do almost anything.
I found Gimp 3 fixed animation playback which was always buggy on levels of alpha. I use Gimp 2.10.38 for normal tasks.
Thanks, it seems likely that Gnome Screenshot would work for me too, but it looks quite similar to what I use in my KDE system (Spectacle).
It works, but why doesn't Gimp work? Wouldn't it be better to hide / disable the menu under Wayland?