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* Sometimes cutting from layers fills with white - When you cut from a layer above another, the current layer should contain a transparency where content was removed revealing image from underlying layer given that layer visually enabled. Sometimes Gimp does not do this and instead FILLS the cut area with a color or white. to resolve:* No alpha channel in subsequent layers as a default - Sometimes cutting from layers fills with white - When you cut from a layer above another, the current layer should contain a transparency where content was removed revealing image from underlying layer given that layer visually enabled. Sometimes Gimp does not do this and instead FILLS the cut area with a color or white. This is a change that we first noticed in version 2.10.30. In older versions, when you select and cut a section from a layer that is on top of another, what is in the layer behind it will become visible, which is the expected reasonable behavior. Now, when you cut from the top layer you will see a filled selection of (foreground) color (typically white) which is stupid. You have to manually add an alpha layer before you cut the selection in order to reveal what is underneath. to resolve: