05-17-2018, 04:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2018, 04:14 PM by Espermaschine.)
Not sure the Shift modifier is always working as '+'.
What i can tell you is that in over 6 years of using Gimp, i have almost never used the Magnetic Scissors Tool.
Most importantly: they dont work very well (this might have changed in V 2.10), because in most everyday situations, you dont have that good contrast between fore and background.
And if there is, you would most likely use a different method.
The classic and most universal way of removing the background is with the paths tool and a layermask, which you dont learn by reading the manual alone, but also by practicing.
Its one thing to understand tools and another to learn techniques.
Both things go and in hand.
A good example for what im talking about is this thread:
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Path-S...n-Sections
The manual explains how the paths tool works, but the technique of drawing a path is quite complex.
What i can tell you is that in over 6 years of using Gimp, i have almost never used the Magnetic Scissors Tool.
Most importantly: they dont work very well (this might have changed in V 2.10), because in most everyday situations, you dont have that good contrast between fore and background.
And if there is, you would most likely use a different method.
The classic and most universal way of removing the background is with the paths tool and a layermask, which you dont learn by reading the manual alone, but also by practicing.
Its one thing to understand tools and another to learn techniques.
Both things go and in hand.
A good example for what im talking about is this thread:
https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Path-S...n-Sections
The manual explains how the paths tool works, but the technique of drawing a path is quite complex.