07-21-2022, 11:59 AM
(07-21-2022, 11:15 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Interesting the way users set up their ideal Gimp.
From the screenshot(s) I can see:
You are using the move tool (1) but from the cursor icon it is in path mode (2) but you will never know because you do not have the tool options open. That is path mode (3), put the move tool into layer mode - the left side icon.
There might be a path to move or not but you will never know because you do not have a path dock open (4) and any path made visible.
...and yes you do have the layer lock in place (5), not easy to see with the dreadful default black theme, toggle that off. Those toggles, lock pixels / position&size / alpha, are on a per-layer basis and should not affect other images.
Surprising for a linux user to re-install (LinuxMint very nice), usually it is Windows users reinstall at the drop of a hat
However, same for everyone, all the settings remain in your user profile not changed by a re-install.
Thanks, found the tools options settings and changed it. Not sure how I switched it. I should learn more about all the dialog windows, what they are all called and how they all work. I only use GIMP from time to time and usually have to look up how to do many things and usually learn which one to open and what it is called at that time, but they are sort of a mystery to me. I think maybe it was originally there and the layer dock was not visible, so I leaned how to open that, but somewhere in all that may have closed the tool options window after I inadvertently toggled it off.