Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-16 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 11:10 -0400, Elle Stone wrote: > > I've often wished for "repeat the last selection but in a different > > mode" > > +1 for the ability to reselect the last selection. > > I'm not sure what "in a different mode" means, E.g. subtract from selection instead of add to selectio

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-16 Thread Elle Stone
On 8/16/13, Ofnuts wrote: > On 08/16/2013 05:10 PM, Elle Stone wrote: >> Hitting "undo" to get back to the previous selection means redoing all >> the subsequent editing, not always easy to do and often impossible to >> replicate exactly. > > Duplicate image, "undo" on the original image, then dra

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-16 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/16/2013 05:10 PM, Elle Stone wrote: Hitting "undo" to get back to the previous selection means redoing all the subsequent editing, not always easy to do and often impossible to replicate exactly. Duplicate image, "undo" on the original image, then drag layers from the duplicate? ___

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-16 Thread Elle Stone
> I've often wished for "repeat the last selection but in a different > mode" +1 for the ability to reselect the last selection. I'm not sure what "in a different mode" means, but many times I dismiss a selection only to realize I'd like to use it again. If I *know* I want to reuse a selection, I

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-16 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Liam R E Quin writes: > On Thu, 2013-08-15 at 11:15 +0200, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: > >> Ideally GIMP could blink the image or something when you add selection >> points that don't increase/decrease the already selected area, but I >> guess that might take some time to implement. > GIMP can'

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Richard Gitschlag
> To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > From: unham...@fsfe.org > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:15:41 +0200 > Subject: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected > > Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with > lots and lots of p

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2013-08-15 at 11:15 +0200, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: > Ideally GIMP could blink the image or something when you add selection > points that don't increase/decrease the already selected area, but I > guess that might take some time to implement. GIMP can't know that until you complete t

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Alexandre Prokoudine writes: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: >> >> Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with >> lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing gets >> selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had d

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Akovia
Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: > Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection > with lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing > gets selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had done a > Select All some time ago (invisible because you zoomed in) a

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: > > Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with > lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing gets > selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had done a Select All > some time ago (inv

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/15/2013 01:07 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: Sorry, forgot to mention, I typically have the "add to selection" button on. It's a lot more pleasant to use when doing large freehand selections than having to hold the shift button, and avoids that other dangerous situation where your shift-

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Ofnuts writes: > On 08/15/2013 11:15 AM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: >> Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with >> lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing gets >> selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had done a Select All >> some t

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 08/15/2013 11:15 AM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing gets selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had done a Select All some time ago (invisible because yo

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Elle Stone writes: > I'm always forgetting whether there's a previous selection still in > force, especially as often I temporarily set the selection to > invisible (it's hard to see the results of painting the selected areas > on fine details if the marching ants are in the way), and then forget

Re: [Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Elle Stone
I'm always forgetting whether there's a previous selection still in force, especially as often I temporarily set the selection to invisible (it's hard to see the results of painting the selected areas on fine details if the marching ants are in the way), and then forget to make the selection visibl

[Gimp-user] freehand selection lost since image was already selected

2013-08-15 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Say you've zoomed in to start this painstaking freehand selection with lots and lots of points, and when you get to the end, nothing gets selected. Then you notice that, once again, you had done a Select All some time ago (invisible because you zoomed in) and forgotten to Select None before clicki