#Gimp move selection how to

Make sure you have this image layer selected in the layers panel. You can press Ctrl + C as copy command for this selection or you can go to Edit menu of menu bar then click on Copy or Copy Visible option of this drop-down list. You have two methods for copying this selection. We will create a transparent layer for this purpose so choose Transparency as fill for this layer in ‘Fill with’ option then hit on Ok button of this dialog box. Now go to bottom of layers panel and click on Create new button for creating a new layer. When you release mouse button you selection will become ready around this tomato like this. You can make multiple clicks for making proper selection. You will have this color only if you enable Draw Mask option in the parameters panel of this tool. This highlighted area will have magenta color. Now make click on this tomato with fuzzy select tool and you will have a highlighted area around it. So go to Tool panel of gimp which is at the left side of User screen of gimp and take Fuzzy select tool or you can press U as short cut key for quick selection of this tool. I will make selection around this tomato and copy it then paste it on new layer for learning about floating selection. I use this tomato image for this purpose. Click on Open option of drop-down list of this menu or you can press Ctrl + O as shortcut key for quick access of this command. For opening an image you have to go to Menu bar and then click on File menu of it. But today we learn floating selection by doing this process on an image.

#Gimp move selection how to

How to perform floating selection in gimp?įor this purpose, you can take a new document and make any artwork then can use copy and paste process for learning about floating selection. Floating selection comes in the form of a layer so you can place it above to any layer of layers panel. We will discuss both short cut methods as well as traditional way of doing a thing and after getting knowledge about both of the way you can go with any one of them. There is something more fact about floating selection option of this gimp which we will discuss today by making selection around an object of an image and paste it in the layers panel.

Floating Selection can be understand as a step which comes in layers panel of gimp when we copy and paste something on new layer.