07-07-2018, 04:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-07-2018, 04:57 AM by JohnSandlin.)
if you place your mouse over something that can be selected - a tool or menu or other such item - the pointer does appear. It is only over the image where the pointer is, well pointless, that it disappears and becomes which ever tool you have currently chosen. I believe it is a pencil by default. If you "hover" the mouse over a tool on the left set of icons, you will see they have a pop up "help text" that tells you what a specific icon represents. The MOVE tool looks like a four way arrow - because you can move in all directions with it.
The scissors select tool is a smart select that you would use, as you state in your "for example" someone's head. You have to CLOSE the selection before the delete key will act the way you want. Otherwise, like a paint too, it will leak and you'll paint... or in this case delete the whole thing. To close the scissors select, you have to click on the node that you started the selection at. Then once your selection of solid segments completely surrounds whatever you are selecting, click inside that area to make that a real selection (with the marching ants dotted lines). Then if you click delete, the selection will be gone.
The scissors select tool is a smart select that you would use, as you state in your "for example" someone's head. You have to CLOSE the selection before the delete key will act the way you want. Otherwise, like a paint too, it will leak and you'll paint... or in this case delete the whole thing. To close the scissors select, you have to click on the node that you started the selection at. Then once your selection of solid segments completely surrounds whatever you are selecting, click inside that area to make that a real selection (with the marching ants dotted lines). Then if you click delete, the selection will be gone.