Re: [Gimp-developer] Create New Layer Button

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 04/03/2015 03:36 PM, C R wrote:
> Not to be a pain, but if you have a selection already (that you want to
> keep), clicking and dragging a colour fills the selection, which is not
> the same as making a new layer with foreground/background, or white. If
> I'm outvoted on the issue though, I will simply change my workflow. The
> hotkeys for fill with fg and bg are useful. Also don't forget the "x"
> key, which swaps foreground and background colours (I use this a lot
> when painting masks). The "d" key changes the fg and bg colours to black
> and white (d for default) as well. This is the same in Photoshop.
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Elle Stone
> <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com <mailto:ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>>
> wrote:
>
>     As long as shift-click and dragging a color to the new layer keeps
>     on working, changing the new layer dialog doesn't present any
>     problem that I can see.
>
>     In case anyone else doesn't already know this, if you have a
>     selection made, dragging the color to the layer fills the selection.
>     It's a very convenient shortcut.


The very convenient shortcut that I meant was dragging the color to the 
layer.

Earlier in this message I think someone mentioned that their workflow 
involved making a selection and only filling that selection with a 
color, which is why I mentioned that if you already have a selection 
made, the dragged color will fill the selection.

In my own workflow, I don't fill selections with colors. Instead I use a 
mask to mask off the area that I want to be affected by the layer color.

Thanks! for the tip about using "x" for swapping the foreground and 
background color. That's a lot more convenient than moving the mouse to 
click the swap foreground/background button.

Elle