Thanks to all, I managed to get it done with your different advice. Sorry for the noise, I'm a Gimp newbie for the moment.
Lars > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael J. Hammel > Sent: jeudi 13 septembre 2007 18:15 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] How to save a selection to file? > > 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
