Move a shape to a layer: how?

shamca · Post by **shamca** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:34 pm

Obviously I'm new...

I've imported some EPS art, scanned it, cleaned it up and now have a bunch of nice clean shapes that I want to move to different layers.

I can't find a way to do this! must be going blind

Appreciate any help,
Shaun

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 9:39 pm

select the points of the shape you want, cut it (crtl+x) create a new vector layer, now paste it (ctrl+v).

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:01 pm

also, they dont necessarily need to be in separate layers... but yeah - what Selgin said

shamca · Post by **shamca** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:54 pm

Thanks guys. I wasn't sure if it was a cut 'n' paste thing or not, for some reason it seemed there should be a right click send to layer sort of thing.

Cheers,
Shaun

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:06 am

I think there's a script by rudiger that can distribute shapes to layers but i've never used it... my advice is not to separate everything for the sake of it - I tend to leave things all together until there's a good reason for needing it separate.