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Cannot subtract from an empty selection
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(01-14-2024, 08:30 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:
(01-14-2024, 07:06 PM)SteveNewcomb Wrote:
(01-14-2024, 05:55 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer. Your action has just reset the Selection tool to Replace mode which is its default.

if you want Gimp to always start with known options: see here.

Ofnuts Wrote:
Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer.

No.  The "real" answer did not work.  Even with the "real" answer I could not escape subtract mode, period, nor could I find a way to escape it.  It was horrible to discard all tool options and restart.

What I'm hoping is that someone might explain how I *should* have escaped from an endless succession of dialog boxes complaining that you can't subtract from nothing.  The method I found is still the only method I know, but I doubt it's the only way.

Make a screenshot of your UI, then, showing the Tools options dialog.

(01-14-2024, 08:30 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:
(01-14-2024, 07:06 PM)SteveNewcomb Wrote:
(01-14-2024, 05:55 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer. Your action has just reset the Selection tool to Replace mode which is its default.

if you want Gimp to always start with known options: see here.

Ofnuts Wrote:
Actually Blighty's post #3 is the real answer.

No.  The "real" answer did not work.  Even with the "real" answer I could not escape subtract mode, period, nor could I find a way to escape it.  It was horrible to discard all tool options and restart.

What I'm hoping is that someone might explain how I *should* have escaped from an endless succession of dialog boxes complaining that you can't subtract from nothing.  The method I found is still the only method I know, but I doubt it's the only way.

Make a screenshot of your UI, then, showing the Tools options dialog.

Here is the tool options dialog box.  Gimp version 2.10.34


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RE: Cannot subtract from an empty selection - by SteveNewcomb - 01-15-2024, 01:09 PM
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