How would that work for having a layer larger than the image?
(Speaking from ignorance as someone who only did some mild graphics design work using fireworks in the mid-00's for forums).
Would it mean that anything that exists outside of the visible canvas would be cropped on save?
also, paths and text can be exported to svg format, but i still wouldn't call gimp a suitable editor for rich vector graphics. the vector features are more just a means to a (rasterized) end.
But what that does is renders some kind of object (don’t recall if it’s rasterized or what). If you later notice a typo, or want to change the font, font size, or path a little bit, you have to throw away the rendered object, make your changes to the text object (hope you kept it as a hidden layer or something!), and then re-render and re-stroke it.
I’m glad I was working on something for fun (bottle label) and that I didn’t particularly care about the end result.
> Not if you're saving to the GIMP project file format.
Ok, but if I understood correctly we're asking GIMP to remove code paths that have different layer boundaries, so that would surely affect GIMPs project file format?
If you "flatten" the layer, then you might lose what's beyond the boundaries.