Automated background removal was also added recently.

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        That one time I had to use GIMP, I found that simply dragging worked fine.

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        Or color spasecs other than sRGB (8 bits/channel). I’ve a camera that takes 10 bits/channel photos, a monitor that displays 10 bits/channel, etc. But GIMP will just distort the colors because they hard-coded the color space! Can’t edit for print either, no CMYK. GIMP is an image editor for the noughties, not the 2020s.

        Then again, we’re talking about MS Paint here. If Paint fills your needs, GIMP will be fine.

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        Not a professional either, but I was also curious and learned:

        It’s a layer of which the properties/filters apply to all layers below. So you can basically try around and manipulate the visible image without having to combine the layers first.