Make layer visible without selecting it

[sabuncu]

Is it possible to have a layer be visible in the composite image while editing the image canvas, yet not selected?

 

Thanks.

[TechnoRobbo]

 

 

Is it possible to have a layer be visible in the composite image while editing the image canvas, yet not selected?

Yes - use the Layers Window (F7)  :Layers: and select the layer you want to edit.

[sabuncu]

If I select the layer I want to edit, the other layer(s) are not selected, and thus not visible.  Instead, I want to be able to see the other layers, but want my edits to be confined only to the one (selected) layer.

Edited March 5, 2016 by sabuncu

[Red ochre]

Hi sabuncu - welcome to the forum!
I think you may be confusing a layer being selected (highlighted light blue and editable) with its 'visibility' (checkbox or opacity slider)?

 

Have you read the documentation about layers here?

http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/WorkingWithLayers.html

[sabuncu]

Thank you Red ochre, indeed I was confusing those concepts.  Read the documentation, which set me straight.  Thanks again.

Yes - use the Layers Window (F7)  :Layers: and select the layer you want to edit.

 

Thanks.  Also, didn't know about F7, very useful.

[Red ochre]

 

Thank you Red ochre, indeed I was confusing those concepts

No problem

[TechnoRobbo]

Good catch Red