Image Resize Layer Gimp. When you resize your image you are resizing the entire composition including all of the layers within that composition if you have more than one layer. A fixed width height resize method and a freehand resizing method.
When you resize your image you are resizing the entire composition including all of the layers within that composition if you have more than one layer. Cropping areas can also be set based on an existing selection or by using the auto shrink button. Choosing the scale layer option to just resize the layer and not the entire image.
Click on the layer menu in the menu bar and choose the scale layer option in the list.
Select the image layer that you want to resize in the layer selection dialog. Right now my photo is 5 889 pixels by 3 926 pixels to scale the resize the photo so that it is larger or smaller i simply need to go to image scale image. Cropping areas can also be set based on an existing selection or by using the auto shrink button. In gimp resizing an image and resizing an object in a layer are two different things.