Hi All,
Have just started using & getting familiar with Gimp. Obviously LOADS of things to learn. I started work on a project - imported a .png to work on. I had this as a background layer with 3 layers stacked on top which had various coloured pencil & brushwork on. My problem is saving & exporting the image (as .png) to a folder on my Desktop. When I open the folder later to carry on working on the project all the layers have gone and it seems to have been 'rendered' to a single layer. Is it possible to save & export the file in it's working state so I can carry on working on it later.
Thanks.

   
I have GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Programme - as it is called now) 2.9.5, with Ubuntu 16.04.

I wanted to adjust an image with the perspective tool, but the tool dialogue (or whatever it is called), comes in the way and I cannot move it away, which I could do with earlier versions. The covered corner cannot be manipulated.

I have attached the part of the screenshot showing part of image being covered. 

Any way out please?

A script to slice up a layer using the guides. At the usual place.

Hi, I use Gimp to do digital painting with my Intuos Draw. When I start coloring a drawing, I begin by laying down a base color, then adding the darkest spots, then I usually manually choose a color in between the base and my dark color to make the transition realistic. Is there a simpler way to do this? A tool from a plugin maybe?
Thanks in advance

I'd like to tell you an interesting anecdote. I used a pattern in G'MIC (camouflage) in one of my picture manipulations. Later, I installed something called  "Gimp extensions" (http://registry.gimp.org/node/27656) because the description said I could pick what filters and/or add-ons I wanted. This didn't happen, it just installed a bunch of filters without my control. What is interesting is that afterwards when i wanted to use the camo pattern again, it had disappeared from G'MIC! I had to re install G'mic to get it back!

Hi from a Gimp newbie - been using a very old version of Photoshop till now.
I installed the Shadows & Highlights script successfully (I believe) by adding the file shadows-highlights-2-4.scm to the C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\scripts directory, but when I use it, I do not see any option for previewing my adjustments; I only see the results after I hit the OK button. How do I preview my adjustments?
Thanks for your help - and looking forward to great things from Gimp!

Just been updating my Gimp 2.9.5 (from the 'buntu ppa) 

A new feature that I can not find much about: A clipboard mask brush.



Any ideas on use?

Edit: a few hours later
Ok. It does of course, act as a grayscale brush and take whatever colour is FG.

Rendering an image is something that is really tough for me. I can't seem to do it at all and need some help. I would also appreciate it if someone could do a step by step tutorial or explanation of what they did! 

The picture I need rendered is: 


I need the character to be separated from the lightning and the background if someone could do that? 
Thanks!

Good question for you gimpsters. Once you bring multiple images into a project, scale them to size, and position them, how does one go back to either re-scale, or move a prior object. Because the yellow and black lines surround the "last" object brought into the project. Which as long as the emphasis is on the "last" object brought into the project, re-scaling and re-positioning any prior objects are not permitted.

I have been removing backgrounds on gimp for a couple years..it's old hat. You open an image, apply alpha channel, use free select tool, go around image till ants march, go to select, scroll down to path/invert...back ground is GONE...but now I can't get it to remove the background anymore. I had some old images I wanted to bring the color up on. Saved them to JPG, and today I was going to remove background...but GIMP won't remove the background...."any" idea's! Thanks