Copy selection and paste as new image since GIMP 3

Applications
1

Hello…

Since GIMP 3 (I believe) I have a little problem.

I often select an area in a photo, then “copy selection” and “paste as new image”.

This is now different. It creates a new image, but with empty space around the copied selection. I always must click “copy selection” twice, in order to make it work as it was before.

Must I use some other function? I use this quite often.
Just “select” , “copy” and “paste as new image”.

2

@haheute Hi! This is an issue caused by how we copy/paste with the new multi-selection code. We’re tracking it on Copy selection pastes selection within the boundaries of the whole image (#10490) · Issues · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab, and we have a potential fix - it just needs more review to make sure it works on all platforms. I’m hopeful it will make it into the next bugfix release.

3

Okay… (I’m using Linux) Good to know, you are on it… I’ll wait then…
Thank you!

4

Is it available in main/master or is it still in a branch (willing to pull and home-compile to see if has nasty side effects…)

1 Like
5

Right now it’s in Issue #10490: Resize clip image when copying (!2172) · Merge requests · GNOME / GIMP · GitLab

It should paste the cropped layer properly. The main issue seems to be on some platforms, it’s pasted as a buffer so the offset position is lost. You can read the discussion in the merge request for more details.

1 Like