(07-28-2018, 09:02 PM)Pumpkin Wrote: I don't really know what any of this means - Bottom layer transparent? Either way, it worked once, it;s not working now - I have another new issue -
In you screen shot, the thumbnail of the layer at the bottom the stack seems to be filled with a checkerboard, which indicates that this layer is mostly transparent. Layer modes do not apply to transparent pixels, in the image below, the Stripes layer covers the whole canvas, but only has an effect where the Circle layer is not transparent:
(07-28-2018, 09:02 PM)Pumpkin Wrote: I opened a new image as layer - I can rotate that image - I can't move it - I get a message saying 'The Selection is Empty' - It clearly isn't I can rotate it and scale it, I just can't move it.
This is because your Move tool is in "Move selection" mode (in that mode, instead of moving the selected pixels, it moves the selection mask, and to do so there must be one). Reset it to the standard move layer mode: