On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:48 -0400, saulgoode@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Quoting Liam R E Quin <liam@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > It's not entirely true to say you had to have used paths from the start, > > since you can save the first selection to a channel, make the new one > > with paths, including an approximate, much larger outer rectangle, > > and then convert to selection and intersect with the saved selection. > > > > GIMP 2.4 (RC2) allows you to add/subtract/intersect a path > to/from/with the selection by using the SHIFT/CTRL/(SHIFT+CTRL) keys > when you hit ENTER (or click on the "Create Selection from Path" > button in the Tool Options). Right, which is what I usually do in fact, but I wanted to point out that if you've already made a complex selection, e.g. that took half an hour to create, and now you want to subtract some polygons, you don't have to start over. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
