### 4.5. Flotante

The Float submenu consists of commands to convert a selection into a “floating selection”.

A floating selection (sometimes called a “floating layer”) is a type of temporary layer which is similar in function to a normal layer, except that before you can resume working on any other layers in the image, a floating selection must be anchored. That is, you have to attach it to a normal (non-floating) layer, usually the original layer (the one which was active previously), or turn it into a new layer.

| Importante
No puede realizar ninguna operación en otras capas mientras la imagen tiene una selección flotante.

Puede usar varias operaciones para cambiar los datos de la imagen en una selección flotante. Sólo puede haber una selección flotante en una imagen a la vez.

| Sugerencia
Si muestra los bordes de la capa usando el comando mostrar el límite de la capa, podría tener dificultades para seleccionar un área precisa de la imagen que quiera en una capa. Para evitar este problema, puede hacer una selección rectangular, transformarla en una selección flotante y anclarla a una capa nueva. Entonces simplemente elimine la capa original.

#### 4.5.1. Activating the Submenu

You can access this submenu from the main menu through Select → Float.

#### 4.5.2. Contents of the “Float” submenu

The “Float” submenu commands are described below.

Cut and Float

  The “Cut and Float” command cuts the image selection from the layer and converts it into a floating selection.

  Activating the command

  - You can access this command from the main menu through Select → Float → Cut and Float.

  - By using the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+L.

Copy and Float

  The “Copy and Float” command copies the image selection from the layer and converts it into a floating selection.

  Activating the command

  - You can access this command from the main menu through Select → Float → Copy and Float.

#### 4.5.3. Crear una selección flotante automáticamente

Algunas operaciones sobre la imagen crean una selección flotante automáticamente:

- The “paste” operations Paste Buffer, Paste Buffer In Place, Paste Buffer Into The Selection, Paste Buffer Into The Selection In Place, Paste as Floating Data or Paste as Floating Data In Place or Paste as Floating Data Into Selection or Paste as Floating Data Into Selection In Place, also create a floating selection.

- In addition, all the Transform tools: Unified Transform, Rotate, Scale, Shear, Flip, Perspective, 3D Transform, and Handle Transform, create a floating selection when they are used on a selection, rather than a layer. When the Affect mode is Transform Layer and a selection already exists, these tools transform the selection and create a floating selection with the result. If a selection does not exist, they transform the current layer and do not create a floating selection. (If the Affect mode is Transform Selection, they also do not create a floating selection.)

- By click-and-dragging a selection while pressing the Ctrl+Alt, or Shift+Alt keys (see Sección 2.1, “Moving or Resizing a Selection”) you also automatically create a floating selection.

#### 4.5.4. Anclar una selección flotante

Puede anclar una selección flotante de varias maneras:

- Puede anclar la selección flotante a la capa activa de la que procede la selección. Para hacer esto, pulse en cualquier lugar sobre la imagen excepto sobre la selección flotante. Esto mezcla la selección flotante con la capa activa.

- Use the Anchor layer command (Ctrl+H).

- By clicking on the anchor button of the Layers Dialog, that appears when the floating selection is created, instead of the default Merge layers icon.

- Use the To New Layer command ( Shift+Ctrl+N) to turn the floating selection into a newly created layer.

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