Re: [Gimp-user] Change canvas size fill with option

[Leslie Turriff <jlturriff mail com>]

Does "Layer -> Layer to image size" not do what you want? (It will use the 
current background colour to fill).

On 2016-12-12 14:31:42 Michael Schumacher wrote:
> On 12/12/2016 09:08 PM, Rick C. Hodgin wrote:
> > I'm using GIMP 2.8.18.
> >
> > I thought a nice feature would be to add "Create a New Image" to resize
> > canvas options (and specifically the "Fill with:" options -- background
> > color, foreground color, white, transparency).
> >
> > Right now it forces transparency if you're using an alpha channel and you
> > must paint.  And if there are pixels at the edge of the new transparent
> > area which fall within the threshold of the paint bucket, it spills over.
>
> Sorry... but I don't get what you are describing.
>
> Can you make a list of steps you currently have to do to achieve what
> you want, and a list of steps you'd like to do instead?