[Gimp-user] simply move an image from left to right on a canvas

[rich404 <forums gimpusers com>]

> I just want to be able to move an image across a larger canvas.
> Using the 'float' option just moves the image within the window of a
> selection, so you are left with a corner of the image on an otherwise
> empty canvas. What I need is a way to pick up a selection as a whole
> and move it around entirely in one piece on a canvas.
>
> Ultimate goal would be to compare two images next to eachother in one
> picture, but using layers you are left with the same problem, there
> does not seem to be a way to move the contents of a layer across a
> larger canvas. All that accomplishes is having a smaller image in the
> upper left corner of the canvas, when you then try to select the image
> and move it around on the canvas, the same thing happens, you just
> move the selection within the selected window, it does not actually
> move on the canvas.
>
> When you pull it to the right, any pixel you pull it to the right is
> no longer visible, pull it to the lower part of the canvas, any pixel
> of movement results in every pixel on the underside of the selection
> being no longer visible.

I am guessing that you do not need that active selection. 

A short video that might help. I have done it back to front. Two images next to
each other followed by moving a selection around a canvas. Might help

https://youtu.be/oi9fvzFn2dc  duration 2 and a half minutes.

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