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: Gimp: change center of transform I'm trying to scale a layer but would like to use a different center of transformation from the default which seems to be the top left corner (or another corner

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I'm trying to scale a layer but would like to use a different center of transformation from the default which seems to be the top left corner (or another corner if the handles are used). Even if I could scale (interactively) around the center of the layer would help. Best would be if I could scale around the top center of the layer/image.

This is quite basic but I couldn't find any hint in the Gimp help, nor searching online on how to do this. Generally, when I need help with Gimp and search the document and online, I most often end up with no answers at all, even about basic things like this one. In contrast, when I need help with Blender, I can find what I need in a very short time. Is there really no good documentation for Gimp or am I missing something?

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@Sent7350415

There is no center in scale operations. You can drag the layer around while you scale it by dragging it by the center circle.

Just in case, if you want to scale to adjust the layer accurately to match something in another layer, there are scripts for this, for instance this one (script does scale + rotate in one single operation, this avoids interpolating twice).

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