[Gimp-user] How to fill areas of a rotated image...?

[rhimbo <forums gimpusers com>]

> There is no routine way to "fill in the blank spaces." You would have
> to pick an
> acceptable fill color and live with the little triangles, or
> crop the image to a rectangle containing only real picture elements.
>
> Or you could apply your painting/drawing skill to fill in the
> triangles.
>
> Your picture is reasonably rotated - however, the edges have been
> cropped to the
> "canvas" - the rectangle containing the original image.
> In order to keep all the detail in the picture, you would have had to
> "Fit
> Canvas to Layers" - a selection under the "Image" tab.
>
> Have fun, and keep exploring.
>
>   -- Burnie

OK, thank you.  I need to understand the "Fit Canvas to Layers" feature better. 
I read the documentation here
http://docs.gimp.org/sv/gimp-image-resize-to-layers.html

So I guess I need to do this:
1. Create a new layer
2. Rotate the image
3. Execute the "Fit Canvas to Layers"

I have to play with it to understand what I'm doing....!


-- 
rhimbo (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)