[Gimp-user] straight line selection (arbitrary angle)

2007-03-07 Thread James Lockie
I want to select an area that has one straight edge.
Basically to use the freehand select tool to cut out pieces of an image 
that the fuzzy select won't work on.
One side is straight and the other part I can delete.

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Re: [Gimp-user] straight line selection (arbitrary angle)

2007-03-07 Thread David Gowers

I suggest entering QuickMask mode, then drawing (with the pencil tool and
white color, using shift+click to draw lines from one point to the next,
then floodfill tool to fill the polygons.)

On 3/8/07, James Lockie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I want to select an area that has one straight edge.
Basically to use the freehand select tool to cut out pieces of an image
that the fuzzy select won't work on.
One side is straight and the other part I can delete.

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Re: [Gimp-user] straight line selection (arbitrary angle)

2007-03-07 Thread Tim Jedlicka

On 3/7/07, James Lockie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


I want to select an area that has one straight edge.
Basically to use the freehand select tool to cut out pieces of an image
that the fuzzy select won't work on.
One side is straight and the other part I can delete.



Not sure I understand - is it like you want to cut off someone's nose with
the straight line being where their nose used to be attached? I'd use the
free hand (lasso) tool to select the part of the image you want - so you
have a rough outline of the nose (plus some cheek), then select the
rectangle select tool and hold CTRL (to subtract the selection) along the
straight edge.

There is probably a better way to do this, but the above is my first guess
at a way. Also, if you straight selection is not vertical or horizontal, I
suppose you could rotate the image/layer first, then rotate it back.

Checking out paths is probably another option.
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Re: [Gimp-user] straight line selection (arbitrary angle)

2007-03-07 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 23:46, James Lockie wrote:
 I want to select an area that has one straight edge.
 Basically to use the freehand select tool to cut out pieces of an
 image that the fuzzy select won't work on.
 One side is straight and the other part I can delete.




The right tool for this is the Paths tool - (the pen, just past the 
scissors ont he toolbox). It connects a curve with with straigh ines, 
as you go clicking, and when you close a curve segment (holding 
control and clicking back where you started), you can d o 
select-from path to get a selection.


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