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To start, I select the tool in the toolbox.
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Nicholas Boonrug Schatzki!
Gimp Paths Tool Tutorial Cut-and-Paste How-to
Gimp Paths Tool Tutorial Cut-and-Paste How-to. A simple explanation of this graphc software
by Nicholas Boonrug Schatzki.
Hello, again! This time, I'm going to tell you the basics on Paths.
Before you launch your GIMP, I'd like to remind you that I'm open for requests. Please let me know if there's any particular Gimp or Photoshop tutorial that you would like me to see here :p
Shall we begin? The Paths Tool is easy to use, although it takes a bit of getting used to. - But it will definitely teach you to be patient!
Hello, again! This time, I'm going to tell you the basics on Paths.
Before you launch your GIMP, I'd like to remind you that I'm open for requests. Please let me know if there's any particular Gimp or Photoshop tutorial that you would like me to see here :p
Shall we begin? The Paths Tool is easy to use, although it takes a bit of getting used to. - But it will definitely teach you to be patient!
The Paths Tool
Paths are basically complex lines that you can turn into selections. They're very good for
selecting complicated things that you couldn't otherwise select with the Rectangle
Selection Tool or the Circular Selection Tool.
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Please take a look at my large desktop background picture. -You won't miss it, I promise!
(Return to this very spot by clicking "back" on your browser.)
Let's say I want to select the rock in the middle, but without the surrounding water and sand. What do I do?
I use the Paths tool.
To start, I select the tool in the toolbox.
When you click on the picture, you will see a circle come up. This is what
I like to call a path point. (Picture 2) Click on the path point and you will be able to move it around.
When you make a second path point, there will be a line connecting the first and the second. (Picture 3)
Now, if I want to select the rock, I am going to have to make path points all around it. (Picture 4) Warning: This can get time consuming.
Once I'm done creating my path points, I go to the layers menu. There will be a Paths tab on the top of it. Click on it. (Picture 5)
There will be a path named "Unnamed". This is the path that you just made with all of your path points. If you right click on it, there will be an option called "Path to Selection".
Click on it, then your path points will turn into the dotted lines! Now you can move it around,
copy and paste it, and mess around with it without it affecting the rest of the picture! (Picture 6 &7)
This is the rock by itself. The path tool is pretty neat, don't you think?
When you make a second path point, there will be a line connecting the first and the second. (Picture 3)
Now, if I want to select the rock, I am going to have to make path points all around it. (Picture 4) Warning: This can get time consuming.
Once I'm done creating my path points, I go to the layers menu. There will be a Paths tab on the top of it. Click on it. (Picture 5)
There will be a path named "Unnamed". This is the path that you just made with all of your path points. If you right click on it, there will be an option called "Path to Selection".
This is the rock by itself. The path tool is pretty neat, don't you think?
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I was born in 1995. I am the second child in the Schatzki family. Of the four, I tend to be the one who acts the most differently. While the rest of my siblings can be seen as lively, flamboyant, and proud, I'm seen as calm, indifferent, and modest (sometimes).
I really like computers. If you combine this with the fact that I love art, guess what? I love to make digital graphics!
I would like to share what I love with you, that, plus, the fact that I practically live in front of my cool laptop, I might as well make it useful!"
And, this is how Your Graphic Buddy comes to life"
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