[NBLUG/talk] The Advantages of Linux

[Bill Kendrick]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 03:27:49PM -0700, ME wrote:
> Have you tried the "magic wand" that comes with the gimp? It permits you
> to select regions, and you can alter the threshold for colors considered
> to be beyond a "border" initialy selected. This permit selecting only a
> face by clicking on the face, or just the water.
> 
> There is also a "lasso" which allows for manual selection of regions, and
> used with control/shift can be a good combination to getting  your
> selection narrowed down.

Another good thing to know about is the Quickmask mode.
(Notice the little "dashed-outline" and "red-outline" buttons at the bottom
left corner of your image window?)

Switch to QuickMask mode and your current selection turns into a mask of
see-through red.  Anywhere where it's completely clear is your selection.
This means you can use the paint tools (and even the selection tools,
filters, scripts, etc.) to manipulate the shape of your selection.

Then switch back to normal mode (click the 'dashed-outline' button) and
do whatever it was you wanted to do with your selection.  (Cut/paste,
apply a filter, rotate, etc.)

Pretty cool, huh? ;)

-bill!