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An Issue With Layers

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An Issue With Layers VisionaryHag 28 Jun 17:51
  An Issue With Layers Mikel Garai 01 Jul 07:57
   An Issue With Layers VisionaryHag 01 Jul 09:49
   An Issue With Layers Dora Smith 01 Jul 12:22
VisionaryHag
2015-06-28 17:51:20 UTC (almost 9 years ago)
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An Issue With Layers

I am trying to add new text to a document, but every time I add a new layer and try to write the text, it jumps to the text layer that is already in the document and messes with that layer instead. I also had this issue when trying to move a layer so I am guessing the issue is in the layers, or some setting.

I can't find any info on this issue anywhere. Hoping someone can help. Thanks so much!

I should mention that I am new to GIMP.

Mikel Garai
2015-07-01 07:57:46 UTC (almost 9 years ago)

An Issue With Layers

Hi,

I just tested and every time you use te text tool it could happen the following:

* If you click on an existing text you will edit that text * If you click outside any text layer a new /text layer /will be created where you can add your text.

The text layers are special because you can edit the text later on, unless you apply any filter that can convert it to a image layer.

If you want to create a text just in top of another text you can either create it in other place and then move it where you want to or you can hide the layer and then put the new text where you want (you can hide the layer with the icon of the /eye/ in the layers control)

Create a new document and play a little with the text tool, that will give you an idea of how it works, its quite intuitive.

BR,

Mikel

On 28/06/15 19:51, VisionaryHag wrote:

I am trying to add new text to a document, but every time I add a new layer and try to write the text, it jumps to the text layer that is already in the document and messes with that layer instead. I also had this issue when trying to move a layer so I am guessing the issue is in the layers, or some setting.

I can't find any info on this issue anywhere. Hoping someone can help. Thanks so much!

I should mention that I am new to GIMP.

VisionaryHag
2015-07-01 09:49:50 UTC (almost 9 years ago)
postings
2

An Issue With Layers

Hi,

I just tested and every time you use te text tool it could happen the following:

* If you click on an existing text you will edit that text * If you click outside any text layer a new /text layer /will be created where you can add your text.

The text layers are special because you can edit the text later on, unless you apply any filter that can convert it to a image layer.

If you want to create a text just in top of another text you can either
create it in other place and then move it where you want to or you can hide the layer and then put the new text where you want (you can hide the layer with the icon of the /eye/ in the layers control)

Create a new document and play a little with the text tool, that will give you an idea of how it works, its quite intuitive.

BR,

Mikel

Thanks so much for replying to my issue!! Really appreciate it! I actually fixed the problem accidentally by moving the project from my laptop to my desktop computer. Guess that's where I will do all myRua projects in the future.

Dora Smith
2015-07-01 12:22:18 UTC (almost 9 years ago)

An Issue With Layers

I too have found the text tool hard to deal with in GIMP. You really can't do anything else on the same layer you create a text box. let alone create more than one text box.

Basically one has to put a text box to a layer.

Dora

-----Original Message----- From: Mikel Garai
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 2:57 AM To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] An Issue With Layers

Hi,

I just tested and every time you use te text tool it could happen the following:

* If you click on an existing text you will edit that text * If you click outside any text layer a new /text layer /will be created where you can add your text.

The text layers are special because you can edit the text later on, unless you apply any filter that can convert it to a image layer.

If you want to create a text just in top of another text you can either create it in other place and then move it where you want to or you can hide the layer and then put the new text where you want (you can hide the layer with the icon of the /eye/ in the layers control)

Create a new document and play a little with the text tool, that will give you an idea of how it works, its quite intuitive.

BR,

Mikel

On 28/06/15 19:51, VisionaryHag wrote:

I am trying to add new text to a document, but every time I add a new layer and
try to write the text, it jumps to the text layer that is already in the document and messes with that layer instead. I also had this issue when trying
to move a layer so I am guessing the issue is in the layers, or some setting.

I can't find any info on this issue anywhere. Hoping someone can help. Thanks
so much!

I should mention that I am new to GIMP.