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I'm working on a project where I'd like to be able to move an layer on a canvas, but have that layer wrap around to the other side if it goes off the edge of the canvas.

So if I had this originally:

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Then moved the circle to the right, it would end up like this:

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Is there an easy way for me to do this in gimp, or will I have to split it and rearrange it manually?

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  • I believe Gimp has some sort of Offset feature much like Photoshop. I've never really used Gimp so I can't really say how that would work, but... In Photoshop, to get what you want, you could use the Offset filter and give it X offset: document width divided by two.
    – Joonas
    Jul 26 '18 at 16:23
  • @Joonas - GIMP has about 90% of everything Photoshop has - it's just a matter of a different interface with functions and filters located in different menus, or with different names. After all, I'm sure Adobe would sue if GIMP were exactly the same.
    – Billy Kerr
    Jul 27 '18 at 13:47
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You can always use Layer>Transform>Offset....

But a simpler method could be to create a layer which is 3x3 the size of the canvas, and tile your layer on it. The canvas will act as a viewport on it. The thing to keep in mind is that selections are always clipped by the canvas, so Select>All only selects the visible part. But with Select>None all the layer is affected.

In Gimp 2.10 you can use the new "Symmetry painting" in "tiled" mode to paint the extra bits exactly like the visible part.

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