On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:38:56 +0200 "Lars Ruoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > How can i save a selection (just the shape, not the content) to a file, so > that i can use it in another image?
Save the selection to a channel (Select->Save to Channel). Save the image as an XCF file (which will save the channel information). When you need the selection again, open that file, go to the Channels dialog, choose that channel and click on "Channel to Selection" at the bottom right of the dialog (next to last button on the right in GIMP 2.2). Or you can drag that channel from the original image (from the Channels dialog) into the image you need it. When you do that, it gets created as a new layer in the new image with visibility set to whatever the channel visibility was set to in the original image. You can then use normal selection tools to convert that into a selection in the new image. It's also recommended that you name the channel before saving the image to an XCF file. Just makes it easier to identify the shape when you use it later. -- Michael J. Hammel Senior Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://graphics-muse.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
