jerry533482 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I've noticed that when working with an image that involves many layers, it can be a pain to move the layers to the their proper positions; especially when you have to move them more than one space at a time. Is it possible to implement a new layering system in a future version that allows you to move the layers via drag-and-drop; and also allows you to select more than one layer at once? Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 work around use select all on the layer you want to move. cut add a layer where you need to position that part and paste. then just go back and delete the extra blank layer. Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I believe Rick is aware of these requests, especially drag and drop. I know I've voiced my support for that feature in the past. They don't seem to be in the popular feature requests thread, so I can't fault you for bringing them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Being able to select more than one layer at a time isn't going to happen any time soon. Think about this: If you had more than one layer selected, how would effects work? When drawing, where do the pixels go? Way too much weird stuff going on here. Now, Rick may develop this later. But, I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for it. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theonlychad Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 i wouldn't moan about it and welsh i had to laugh about you not copying and pasting come on guys we get to use this awesome program for free find a work around sometimes it makes it more of a challenge but hey remember you get to use this program for free Quote "Clearly it's a very serious and literal meaning. If you're not solving physics equations then get off my lawn!-Rick Brewster Paint.net Lead Developer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Well guys, I meant selecting more than one layer at a time for drag-and-drop; not necessarily for actual painting, although that would be cool. It would allow you to move selections in a image where layering is a necessity; like for special effects. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 work with more than one PDN. ...... Quote My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 Well I don't mean to burden Rick, but let's say you're working with a layered image that has different blending modes and images for each layer, and you've got a selection that you want to move in all the layers. You also wish to preserve the layers and the blending modes for future editing, so flattening the image will ruin your work. It would be sort of a multi-layer selection tool(Doesn't photoshop already have this?). I thank Rick deeply for his hard work on Paint.NET, and the idea of layers as a feature in the first place, but hasn't it been a while since the layering system has been revamped? Perhaps this could be done for v4.0. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 That would be cool. But, I think you are under estimating how much work this would be for Rick and how confusing it would be for new users that accidentally selected more than one layer. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 What if there was a menu that that allowed users to enable or disable the feature; assuming that Rick was interested in pursuing this? Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Think about this: If you had more than one layer selected, how would effects work? When drawing, where do the pixels go?Way too much weird stuff going on here. In Photoshop, when multiple layers are selected at once, the only thing that you can do is move, scale, crop, flip and select ( sans ). 95% of the time, when a user selects more than one layer, they will probably want to do one of these things. That would solve the "weird stuff" that could potentially arise. I'm not saying that it would be any easier to implement, just stating that such a function would be greatly helpful for work efficiency. Quote Create A Professional-Looking Product Advertisment Mockup flickr | Deviant Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 27, 2010 Author Share Posted January 27, 2010 See, Crimson? That's what I'm trying to say. A "little" improvement like this deserves to be put into the popular feature requests thread. It would go well with Rick's plan for adjustment layers for v4.0. But whether or not this feature becomes a reality, I'll still be grateful for Paint.NET. Quote Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 While on the subject of layers, layer groups would also be handy. Sometimes you have many layers relating to only one section of an image. Being able to group them together would help a lot, especially with systems that start to struggle when the layer count starts to increase. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 That's in Popular Feature Requests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyLogic Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I'm glad these things were mentioned. Personally I would like the layers groups so that I can turn on and off multiple layers related to an image in just one single click. Quote KeyLogic's Art Gallery My deviantART Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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