: Beginner question: how do I use the "move tool" in Gimp without moving the entire Layer? I typed a short piece of text in GIMP, then I want to fix the kerning manually so I want to move

@Heady304

Selecting Text Layers in Gimp

Text is represented in an own layer each until we decide to merge layers down. To quickly select a given Layer, or in this case text, I ususally open the "Layers" dialog, accessible from Ctrl + L, or the Windows > Dockable Dialogs menu.

There we can select any layer to then use any available transform tool on it such as Move, Scale, Transform, etc.:



Make a selection float

In case we need to transform or move a selection of an image we can choose Select > Float or press ShiftCtrl + L. The area selected will now float as a new layer over the background. This floating selection can also be transformed as shown below:

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