Ignore the double post (both have the same content)--I got an error message when I sent the first message and wasn't sure if it was sent, so I sent it again.
On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I may have found an issue with the selection tool. I wanted to run > it by you guys before bug reporting it. > > ----------------------- > > I was editing a portrait of someone. > > The layer I was editing had a layer mask, and below it was another layer > (both were visible). I used the free select tool to make a selection, then > used the quick mask feature to edit the selection. > > *Issue #1* > Then I clicked "show mask" and inverted the selection so it's selected the > person (not the background). I could use the paintbrush tool just fine and > it wouldn't go outside the selection. > > But if I inverted the selection (so the background is selected) and then > used the paintbrush on the mask layer, it affected both the selection and > outside the selection. (See screenshot 3 - > http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/2387/screenshot3em.png ) What was > strange was also that my brush opacity was 100%, I think, and while any > strokes in the background were 100%, when I moved into the part of the > image that showed the person (that wasn't selected at the time)... well, > look at screenshot 3. :) > > *Issue #2* > I also noticed strange things were happening at the edge of my selection > when I had the person selected, such that if I was masking through to the > layer underneath with the paintbrush tool, it appeared to go outside my > selection, but only a little bit. I used a quick mask to make the selection > using a soft brush, but if I turn the quick mask on, it doensn't show. See > screenshot these screenshots: > 1 - http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5592/screenshot1ai.png > 2 - http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6899/screenshot2bdy.png > > *Issue #3* > Then, strangely, when I tested out painting on the actual layer (not the > mask), if the background was selected I could paint on that just fine and > it didn't go beyond the selection, but if I inverted the selection so the > person was selected, if I painted on the person, it wouldn't show up on the > layer, but in the layers dialogue it did show the paint (I was using a > large brush, so I could notice it easily). No screenshot of this; just > imaging that if you have a person selected and the background not selected > and you paint on the person within the layer, the brush paint doesn't show > on the layer, but does show in the layers dialogue. > > I also tried this with the blurr tool, and it did the same thing. I.e. I > could select the background and paint on that and it'd paint in the > background but not on the person, but if I selected the person, it wouldn't > show anywhere on the layer, but would indeed show on the little layer > preview in the layer dialogue. > > * * * > > Perhaps I'm not doing something right (I'm new to Gimp; I don't understand > selections as much as I understand other things), but this feels like it's > functioning strangely and inconsistantly. > >
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