diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/public/locales/en.json b/invokeai/frontend/web/public/locales/en.json
index cf1b9aedef..726ce2e008 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/public/locales/en.json
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/public/locales/en.json
@@ -1682,6 +1682,8 @@
         "controlLayer": "Control Layer",
         "inpaintMask": "Inpaint Mask",
         "regionalGuidance": "Regional Guidance",
+        "canvasAsRasterLayer": "$t(controlLayers.canvas) as $t(controlLayers.rasterLayer)",
+        "canvasAsControlLayer": "$t(controlLayers.canvas) as $t(controlLayers.controlLayer)",
         "referenceImage": "Reference Image",
         "regionalReferenceImage": "Regional Reference Image",
         "globalReferenceImage": "Global Reference Image",
@@ -1894,6 +1896,7 @@
             "include": "Include",
             "exclude": "Exclude",
             "neutral": "Neutral",
+            "apply": "Apply",
             "reset": "Reset",
             "saveAs": "Save As",
             "cancel": "Cancel",
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsPreserveMask.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsPreserveMask.tsx
index bdfeabd1c7..7178c3d123 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsPreserveMask.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsPreserveMask.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export const CanvasAlertsPreserveMask = memo(() => {
   }
 
   return (
-    <Alert status="warning" borderRadius="base" fontSize="sm" shadow="md" w="fit-content" alignSelf="flex-end">
+    <Alert status="warning" borderRadius="base" fontSize="sm" shadow="md" w="fit-content">
       <AlertIcon />
       <AlertTitle>{t('controlLayers.settings.preserveMask.alert')}</AlertTitle>
     </Alert>
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatus.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatus.tsx
index 6ba087af8e..47bbf36ebd 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatus.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatus.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatusContent = memo(({ entityIdentifier, adapte
   }
 
   return (
-    <Alert status={alert.status} borderRadius="base" fontSize="sm" shadow="md" w="fit-content" alignSelf="flex-end">
+    <Alert status={alert.status} borderRadius="base" fontSize="sm" shadow="md" w="fit-content">
       <AlertIcon />
       <AlertTitle>{alert.title}</AlertTitle>
     </Alert>
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
index 16791ee7e6..96d388c70a 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasAlerts/CanvasAlertsSendingTo.tsx
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ const AlertWrapper = ({
             fontSize="sm"
             shadow="md"
             w="fit-content"
-            alignSelf="flex-end"
           >
             <Flex w="full" alignItems="center">
               <AlertIcon />
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasContextMenu/CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasContextMenu/CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems.tsx
index 6f70f5b799..57dac5cbb5 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasContextMenu/CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasContextMenu/CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { MenuGroup } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
 import { useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
 import { ControlLayerMenuItems } from 'features/controlLayers/components/ControlLayer/ControlLayerMenuItems';
 import { InpaintMaskMenuItems } from 'features/controlLayers/components/InpaintMask/InpaintMaskMenuItems';
@@ -8,7 +9,9 @@ import {
   EntityIdentifierContext,
   useEntityIdentifierContext,
 } from 'features/controlLayers/contexts/EntityIdentifierContext';
+import { useEntityTypeString } from 'features/controlLayers/hooks/useEntityTypeString';
 import { selectSelectedEntityIdentifier } from 'features/controlLayers/store/selectors';
+import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { memo } from 'react';
 import type { Equals } from 'tsafe';
 import { assert } from 'tsafe';
@@ -46,9 +49,20 @@ export const CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems = memo(() => {
 
   return (
     <EntityIdentifierContext.Provider value={selectedEntityIdentifier}>
-      <CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItemsContent />
+      <CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuGroup>
+        <CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItemsContent />
+      </CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuGroup>
     </EntityIdentifierContext.Provider>
   );
 });
 
 CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems.displayName = 'CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuItems';
+
+const CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuGroup = memo((props: PropsWithChildren) => {
+  const entityIdentifier = useEntityIdentifierContext();
+  const title = useEntityTypeString(entityIdentifier.type);
+
+  return <MenuGroup title={title}>{props.children}</MenuGroup>;
+});
+
+CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuGroup.displayName = 'CanvasContextMenuSelectedEntityMenuGroup';
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
index 1e8dccfd39..b66c0d8367 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/CanvasMainPanelContent.tsx
@@ -71,12 +71,16 @@ export const CanvasMainPanelContent = memo(() => {
           >
             <InvokeCanvasComponent />
             <CanvasManagerProviderGate>
-              {showHUD && (
-                <Flex position="absolute" top={1} insetInlineStart={1} pointerEvents="none">
-                  <CanvasHUD />
-                </Flex>
-              )}
-              <Flex flexDir="column" position="absolute" top={1} insetInlineEnd={1} pointerEvents="none" gap={2}>
+              <Flex
+                position="absolute"
+                flexDir="column"
+                top={1}
+                insetInlineStart={1}
+                pointerEvents="none"
+                gap={2}
+                alignItems="flex-start"
+              >
+                {showHUD && <CanvasHUD />}
                 <CanvasAlertsSelectedEntityStatus />
                 <CanvasAlertsPreserveMask />
                 <CanvasAlertsSendingToGallery />
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/ControlLayer/ControlLayerMenuItems.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/ControlLayer/ControlLayerMenuItems.tsx
index ab77f238bc..e7e5a45d71 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/ControlLayer/ControlLayerMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/ControlLayer/ControlLayerMenuItems.tsx
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ export const ControlLayerMenuItems = memo(() => {
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsSelectObject />
       <ControlLayerMenuItemsTransparencyEffect />
       <MenuDivider />
+      <ControlLayerMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
+      <ControlLayerMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsSave />
-      <MenuDivider />
-      <ControlLayerMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
-      <ControlLayerMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
     </>
   );
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Filters/Filter.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Filters/Filter.tsx
index 4143b113ca..6aace17412 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Filters/Filter.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Filters/Filter.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   MenuItem,
   MenuList,
   Spacer,
+  Spinner,
 } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { useAppSelector } from 'app/store/storeHooks';
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import { IMAGE_FILTERS } from 'features/controlLayers/store/filters';
 import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/useHotkeyData';
 import { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold, PiFloppyDiskBold, PiPlayFill, PiXBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
+import { PiCaretDownBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
 
 const FilterContent = memo(
   ({ adapter }: { adapter: CanvasEntityAdapterRasterLayer | CanvasEntityAdapterControlLayer }) => {
@@ -115,39 +116,41 @@ const FilterContent = memo(
         <ButtonGroup isAttached={false} size="sm" w="full">
           <Button
             variant="ghost"
-            leftIcon={<PiPlayFill />}
             onClick={adapter.filterer.processImmediate}
-            isLoading={isProcessing}
             loadingText={t('controlLayers.filter.process')}
-            isDisabled={!isValid || autoProcess}
+            isDisabled={isProcessing || !isValid || autoProcess}
           >
             {t('controlLayers.filter.process')}
+            {isProcessing && <Spinner ms={3} boxSize={5} color="base.600" />}
           </Button>
           <Spacer />
           <Button
-            leftIcon={<PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold />}
             onClick={adapter.filterer.reset}
-            isLoading={isProcessing}
+            isDisabled={isProcessing}
             loadingText={t('controlLayers.filter.reset')}
             variant="ghost"
           >
             {t('controlLayers.filter.reset')}
           </Button>
+          <Button
+            onClick={adapter.filterer.apply}
+            loadingText={t('controlLayers.filter.apply')}
+            variant="ghost"
+            isDisabled={isProcessing || !isValid || !hasProcessed}
+          >
+            {t('controlLayers.filter.apply')}
+          </Button>
           <Menu>
             <MenuButton
               as={Button}
-              leftIcon={<PiFloppyDiskBold />}
-              isLoading={isProcessing}
               loadingText={t('controlLayers.selectObject.saveAs')}
               variant="ghost"
-              isDisabled={!isValid || !hasProcessed}
+              isDisabled={isProcessing || !isValid || !hasProcessed}
+              rightIcon={<PiCaretDownBold />}
             >
               {t('controlLayers.selectObject.saveAs')}
             </MenuButton>
             <MenuList>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!isValid || !hasProcessed} onClick={adapter.filterer.apply}>
-                {t('controlLayers.replaceCurrent')}
-              </MenuItem>
               <MenuItem isDisabled={!isValid || !hasProcessed} onClick={saveAsInpaintMask}>
                 {t('controlLayers.newInpaintMask')}
               </MenuItem>
@@ -162,12 +165,7 @@ const FilterContent = memo(
               </MenuItem>
             </MenuList>
           </Menu>
-          <Button
-            variant="ghost"
-            leftIcon={<PiXBold />}
-            onClick={adapter.filterer.cancel}
-            loadingText={t('controlLayers.filter.cancel')}
-          >
+          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={adapter.filterer.cancel} loadingText={t('controlLayers.filter.cancel')}>
             {t('controlLayers.filter.cancel')}
           </Button>
         </ButtonGroup>
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/InpaintMask/InpaintMaskMenuItems.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/InpaintMask/InpaintMaskMenuItems.tsx
index d8dc481d72..0e0005df80 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/InpaintMask/InpaintMaskMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/InpaintMask/InpaintMaskMenuItems.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ export const InpaintMaskMenuItems = memo(() => {
       <MenuDivider />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsTransform />
       <MenuDivider />
-      <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
-      <MenuDivider />
-      <InpaintMaskMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
       <InpaintMaskMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
+      <InpaintMaskMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
+      <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
     </>
   );
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RasterLayer/RasterLayerMenuItems.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RasterLayer/RasterLayerMenuItems.tsx
index 212720e064..30a96866f4 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RasterLayer/RasterLayerMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RasterLayer/RasterLayerMenuItems.tsx
@@ -25,11 +25,10 @@ export const RasterLayerMenuItems = memo(() => {
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsFilter />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsSelectObject />
       <MenuDivider />
+      <RasterLayerMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
+      <RasterLayerMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsSave />
-      <MenuDivider />
-      <RasterLayerMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
-      <RasterLayerMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
     </>
   );
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RegionalGuidance/RegionalGuidanceMenuItems.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RegionalGuidance/RegionalGuidanceMenuItems.tsx
index 745730a420..79b3f6dffe 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RegionalGuidance/RegionalGuidanceMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/RegionalGuidance/RegionalGuidanceMenuItems.tsx
@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ export const RegionalGuidanceMenuItems = memo(() => {
       <CanvasEntityMenuItemsTransform />
       <RegionalGuidanceMenuItemsAutoNegative />
       <MenuDivider />
-      <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
-      <MenuDivider />
-      <RegionalGuidanceMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
       <RegionalGuidanceMenuItemsCopyToSubMenu />
+      <RegionalGuidanceMenuItemsConvertToSubMenu />
+      <CanvasEntityMenuItemsCropToBbox />
     </>
   );
 });
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/SelectObject/SelectObject.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/SelectObject/SelectObject.tsx
index 72be4daccf..5fb3cc7dca 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/SelectObject/SelectObject.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/SelectObject/SelectObject.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   MenuItem,
   MenuList,
   Spacer,
+  Spinner,
   Text,
   Tooltip,
   UnorderedList,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/us
 import type { PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
 import { memo, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { Trans, useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold, PiFloppyDiskBold, PiInfoBold, PiPlayFill, PiXBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
+import { PiCaretDownBold, PiInfoBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
 
 const SelectObjectContent = memo(
   ({ adapter }: { adapter: CanvasEntityAdapterRasterLayer | CanvasEntityAdapterControlLayer }) => {
@@ -42,10 +43,6 @@ const SelectObjectContent = memo(
     const hasImageState = useStore(adapter.segmentAnything.$hasImageState);
     const autoProcess = useAppSelector(selectAutoProcess);
 
-    const replaceCurrent = useCallback(() => {
-      adapter.segmentAnything.apply();
-    }, [adapter.segmentAnything]);
-
     const saveAsInpaintMask = useCallback(() => {
       adapter.segmentAnything.saveAs('inpaint_mask');
     }, [adapter.segmentAnything]);
@@ -115,58 +112,59 @@ const SelectObjectContent = memo(
 
         <ButtonGroup isAttached={false} size="sm" w="full">
           <Button
-            leftIcon={<PiPlayFill />}
             onClick={adapter.segmentAnything.processImmediate}
-            isLoading={isProcessing}
             loadingText={t('controlLayers.selectObject.process')}
             variant="ghost"
-            isDisabled={!hasPoints || autoProcess}
+            isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasPoints || autoProcess}
           >
             {t('controlLayers.selectObject.process')}
+            {isProcessing && <Spinner ms={3} boxSize={5} color="base.600" />}
           </Button>
           <Spacer />
           <Button
-            leftIcon={<PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold />}
             onClick={adapter.segmentAnything.reset}
-            isLoading={isProcessing}
+            isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasPoints}
             loadingText={t('controlLayers.selectObject.reset')}
             variant="ghost"
           >
             {t('controlLayers.selectObject.reset')}
           </Button>
+          <Button
+            onClick={adapter.segmentAnything.apply}
+            loadingText={t('controlLayers.selectObject.apply')}
+            variant="ghost"
+            isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState}
+          >
+            {t('controlLayers.selectObject.apply')}
+          </Button>
           <Menu>
             <MenuButton
               as={Button}
-              leftIcon={<PiFloppyDiskBold />}
-              isLoading={isProcessing}
               loadingText={t('controlLayers.selectObject.saveAs')}
               variant="ghost"
-              isDisabled={!hasImageState}
+              isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState}
+              rightIcon={<PiCaretDownBold />}
             >
               {t('controlLayers.selectObject.saveAs')}
             </MenuButton>
             <MenuList>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!hasImageState} onClick={replaceCurrent}>
-                {t('controlLayers.replaceCurrent')}
-              </MenuItem>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!hasImageState} onClick={saveAsInpaintMask}>
+              <MenuItem isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState} onClick={saveAsInpaintMask}>
                 {t('controlLayers.newInpaintMask')}
               </MenuItem>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!hasImageState} onClick={saveAsRegionalGuidance}>
+              <MenuItem isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState} onClick={saveAsRegionalGuidance}>
                 {t('controlLayers.newRegionalGuidance')}
               </MenuItem>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!hasImageState} onClick={saveAsControlLayer}>
+              <MenuItem isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState} onClick={saveAsControlLayer}>
                 {t('controlLayers.newControlLayer')}
               </MenuItem>
-              <MenuItem isDisabled={!hasImageState} onClick={saveAsRasterLayer}>
+              <MenuItem isDisabled={isProcessing || !hasImageState} onClick={saveAsRasterLayer}>
                 {t('controlLayers.newRasterLayer')}
               </MenuItem>
             </MenuList>
           </Menu>
           <Button
-            leftIcon={<PiXBold />}
             onClick={adapter.segmentAnything.cancel}
-            isLoading={isProcessing}
+            isDisabled={isProcessing}
             loadingText={t('common.cancel')}
             variant="ghost"
           >
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/Transform.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/Transform.tsx
index d2b4247227..ed0bc6c4d4 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/Transform.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/Transform.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Button, ButtonGroup, Flex, Heading, Spacer } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
+import { Button, ButtonGroup, Flex, Heading, Spacer, Spinner } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
 import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import { useFocusRegion, useIsRegionFocused } from 'common/hooks/focus';
 import { CanvasOperationIsolatedLayerPreviewSwitch } from 'features/controlLayers/components/CanvasOperationIsolatedLayerPreviewSwitch';
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import type { CanvasEntityAdapter } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasEnt
 import { useRegisteredHotkeys } from 'features/system/components/HotkeysModal/useHotkeyData';
 import { memo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold, PiCheckBold, PiXBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
 
 const TransformContent = memo(({ adapter }: { adapter: CanvasEntityAdapter }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -62,30 +61,28 @@ const TransformContent = memo(({ adapter }: { adapter: CanvasEntityAdapter }) =>
 
       <TransformFitToBboxButtons adapter={adapter} />
 
-      <ButtonGroup isAttached={false} size="sm" w="full">
+      <ButtonGroup isAttached={false} size="sm" w="full" alignItems="center">
+        {isProcessing && <Spinner ms={3} boxSize={5} color="base.600" />}
         <Spacer />
         <Button
-          leftIcon={<PiArrowsCounterClockwiseBold />}
           onClick={adapter.transformer.resetTransform}
-          isLoading={isProcessing}
+          isDisabled={isProcessing}
           loadingText={t('controlLayers.transform.reset')}
           variant="ghost"
         >
           {t('controlLayers.transform.reset')}
         </Button>
         <Button
-          leftIcon={<PiCheckBold />}
           onClick={adapter.transformer.applyTransform}
-          isLoading={isProcessing}
+          isDisabled={isProcessing}
           loadingText={t('controlLayers.transform.apply')}
           variant="ghost"
         >
           {t('controlLayers.transform.apply')}
         </Button>
         <Button
-          leftIcon={<PiXBold />}
           onClick={adapter.transformer.stopTransform}
-          isLoading={isProcessing}
+          isDisabled={isProcessing}
           loadingText={t('common.cancel')}
           variant="ghost"
         >
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/TransformFitToBboxButtons.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/TransformFitToBboxButtons.tsx
index ebe299808b..b76e7632f1 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/TransformFitToBboxButtons.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/components/Transform/TransformFitToBboxButtons.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react';
 import type { CanvasEntityAdapter } from 'features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasEntity/types';
 import { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { PiArrowsOutBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
 import type { Equals } from 'tsafe';
 import { assert } from 'tsafe';
 import { z } from 'zod';
@@ -60,10 +59,9 @@ export const TransformFitToBboxButtons = memo(({ adapter }: { adapter: CanvasEnt
         <Combobox options={options} value={value} onChange={onChange} isSearchable={false} isClearable={false} />
       </FormControl>
       <Button
-        leftIcon={<PiArrowsOutBold />}
         size="sm"
         onClick={onClick}
-        isLoading={isProcessing}
+        isDisabled={isProcessing}
         loadingText={t('controlLayers.transform.fitToBbox')}
         variant="ghost"
       >
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/addLayerHooks.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/addLayerHooks.ts
index 2d19fb8265..6e22c1b626 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/addLayerHooks.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/addLayerHooks.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { modelConfigsAdapterSelectors, selectModelConfigsQuery } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
 import type { ControlNetModelConfig, ImageDTO, IPAdapterModelConfig, T2IAdapterModelConfig } from 'services/api/types';
 import { isControlNetOrT2IAdapterModelConfig, isIPAdapterModelConfig } from 'services/api/types';
+import type { Equals } from 'tsafe';
+import { assert } from 'tsafe';
 
 export const selectDefaultControlAdapter = createSelector(
   selectModelConfigsQuery,
@@ -194,18 +196,31 @@ export const useNewCanvasFromImage = () => {
   const bboxRect = useAppSelector(selectBboxRect);
   const base = useAppSelector(selectBboxModelBase);
   const func = useCallback(
-    (imageDTO: ImageDTO) => {
+    (imageDTO: ImageDTO, type: CanvasRasterLayerState['type'] | CanvasControlLayerState['type']) => {
       // Calculate the new bbox dimensions to fit the image's aspect ratio at the optimal size
       const ratio = imageDTO.width / imageDTO.height;
       const optimalDimension = getOptimalDimension(base);
       const { width, height } = calculateNewSize(ratio, optimalDimension ** 2, base);
 
       // The overrides need to include the layer's ID so we can transform the layer it is initialized
-      const overrides = {
-        id: getPrefixedId('raster_layer'),
-        position: { x: bboxRect.x, y: bboxRect.y },
-        objects: [imageDTOToImageObject(imageDTO)],
-      } satisfies Partial<CanvasRasterLayerState>;
+      let overrides: Partial<CanvasRasterLayerState> | Partial<CanvasControlLayerState>;
+
+      if (type === 'raster_layer') {
+        overrides = {
+          id: getPrefixedId('raster_layer'),
+          position: { x: bboxRect.x, y: bboxRect.y },
+          objects: [imageDTOToImageObject(imageDTO)],
+        } satisfies Partial<CanvasRasterLayerState>;
+      } else if (type === 'control_layer') {
+        overrides = {
+          id: getPrefixedId('control_layer'),
+          position: { x: bboxRect.x, y: bboxRect.y },
+          objects: [imageDTOToImageObject(imageDTO)],
+        } satisfies Partial<CanvasControlLayerState>;
+      } else {
+        // Catch unhandled types
+        assert<Equals<typeof type, never>>(false);
+      }
 
       CanvasEntityAdapterBase.registerInitCallback(async (adapter) => {
         // Skip the callback if the adapter is not the one we are creating
@@ -222,7 +237,16 @@ export const useNewCanvasFromImage = () => {
       dispatch(canvasReset());
       // The `bboxChangedFromCanvas` reducer does no validation! Careful!
       dispatch(bboxChangedFromCanvas({ x: 0, y: 0, width, height }));
-      dispatch(rasterLayerAdded({ overrides, isSelected: true }));
+
+      // The type casts are safe because the type is checked above
+      if (type === 'raster_layer') {
+        dispatch(rasterLayerAdded({ overrides: overrides as Partial<CanvasRasterLayerState>, isSelected: true }));
+      } else if (type === 'control_layer') {
+        dispatch(controlLayerAdded({ overrides: overrides as Partial<CanvasControlLayerState>, isSelected: true }));
+      } else {
+        // Catch unhandled types
+        assert<Equals<typeof type, never>>(false);
+      }
     },
     [base, bboxRect.x, bboxRect.y, dispatch]
   );
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useEntityTransform.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useEntityTransform.ts
index 74fa52a8a1..08346f243c 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useEntityTransform.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/hooks/useEntityTransform.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ export const useEntityTransform = (entityIdentifier: CanvasEntityIdentifier | nu
     if (!adapter) {
       return;
     }
+    imageViewer.close();
     await adapter.transformer.startTransform();
-  }, [isDisabled, entityIdentifier, canvasManager]);
+  }, [isDisabled, entityIdentifier, canvasManager, imageViewer]);
 
   const fitToBbox = useCallback(async () => {
     if (isDisabled) {
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasStagingAreaModule.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasStagingAreaModule.ts
index e092788f80..c100a9d8a3 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasStagingAreaModule.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/controlLayers/konva/CanvasStagingAreaModule.ts
@@ -51,10 +51,16 @@ export class CanvasStagingAreaModule extends CanvasModuleBase {
     /**
      * Sync the $isStaging flag with the redux state. $isStaging is used by the manager to determine the global busy
      * state of the canvas.
+     *
+     * We also set the $shouldShowStagedImage flag when we enter staging mode, so that the staged images are shown,
+     * even if the user disabled this in the last staging session.
      */
     this.subscriptions.add(
-      this.manager.stateApi.createStoreSubscription(selectIsStaging, (isStaging) => {
+      this.manager.stateApi.createStoreSubscription(selectIsStaging, (isStaging, oldIsStaging) => {
         this.$isStaging.set(isStaging);
+        if (isStaging && !oldIsStaging) {
+          this.$shouldShowStagedImage.set(true);
+        }
       })
     );
   }
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu.tsx
index 7d0d599c3e..3ea5dd5bc5 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageContextMenu/ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu.tsx
@@ -32,8 +32,19 @@ export const ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu = memo(() => {
   const newRegionalGuidanceFromImage = useNewRegionalGuidanceFromImage();
   const newCanvasFromImage = useNewCanvasFromImage();
 
-  const onClickNewCanvasFromImage = useCallback(() => {
-    newCanvasFromImage(imageDTO);
+  const onClickNewCanvasWithRasterLayerFromImage = useCallback(() => {
+    newCanvasFromImage(imageDTO, 'raster_layer');
+    dispatch(setActiveTab('canvas'));
+    imageViewer.close();
+    toast({
+      id: 'SENT_TO_CANVAS',
+      title: t('toast.sentToCanvas'),
+      status: 'success',
+    });
+  }, [dispatch, imageDTO, imageViewer, newCanvasFromImage, t]);
+
+  const onClickNewCanvasWithControlLayerFromImage = useCallback(() => {
+    newCanvasFromImage(imageDTO, 'control_layer');
     dispatch(setActiveTab('canvas'));
     imageViewer.close();
     toast({
@@ -98,8 +109,15 @@ export const ImageMenuItemNewFromImageSubMenu = memo(() => {
           <SubMenuButtonContent label="New from Image" />
         </MenuButton>
         <MenuList {...subMenu.menuListProps}>
-          <MenuItem icon={<PiFileBold />} onClickCapture={onClickNewCanvasFromImage} isDisabled={isBusy}>
-            {t('controlLayers.canvas')}
+          <MenuItem icon={<PiFileBold />} onClickCapture={onClickNewCanvasWithRasterLayerFromImage} isDisabled={isBusy}>
+            {t('controlLayers.canvasAsRasterLayer')}
+          </MenuItem>
+          <MenuItem
+            icon={<PiFileBold />}
+            onClickCapture={onClickNewCanvasWithControlLayerFromImage}
+            isDisabled={isBusy}
+          >
+            {t('controlLayers.canvasAsControlLayer')}
           </MenuItem>
           <MenuItem icon={<NewLayerIcon />} onClickCapture={onClickNewInpaintMaskFromImage} isDisabled={isBusy}>
             {t('controlLayers.inpaintMask')}
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/ImageViewer.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/ImageViewer.tsx
index 47c82ca3d7..30a1afb76b 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/ImageViewer.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageViewer/ImageViewer.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const ImageViewer = memo(({ closeButton }: Props) => {
         {hasImageToCompare && <ImageComparison containerDims={containerDims} />}
       </Box>
       <ImageComparisonDroppable />
-      <Box position="absolute" top={14} insetInlineEnd={2}>
+      <Box position="absolute" top={14} insetInlineStart={2}>
         <CanvasAlertsSendingToCanvas />
       </Box>
     </Flex>
diff --git a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
index af963de03f..f5752882da 100644
--- a/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
+++ b/invokeai/version/invokeai_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "5.3.0rc2"
+__version__ = "5.3.0"