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problem modifying selection andrewandrew 08 Jan 22:04
  problem modifying selection Owen 08 Jan 22:18
  problem modifying selection Claus Cyrny 08 Jan 22:43
   problem modifying selection andrewandrew 09 Jan 19:07
andrewandrew
2010-01-08 22:04:34 UTC (about 15 years ago)
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problem modifying selection

I have trouble sometimes modifying the selection -- the new selection replaces the old instead of modifying it. Also, the selection marks become invisible.

-- using the modifier keys or the selection mode menu, and using any of the selection tools -- doesn't help
-- selection should be visible according to view menu, but it isn't -- the only way I can get back to normal is save and restart gimp

Either I've entered some select-unfriendly mode, or there's a bug. Help? thanks

gimp version 2.6, Ubuntu.

Owen
2010-01-08 22:18:59 UTC (about 15 years ago)

problem modifying selection

I have trouble sometimes modifying the selection -- the new selection replaces
the old instead of modifying it. Also, the selection marks become invisible.

-- using the modifier keys or the selection mode menu, and using any of the
selection tools -- doesn't help
-- selection should be visible according to view menu, but it isn't -- the only way I can get back to normal is save and restart gimp

Either I've entered some select-unfriendly mode, or there's a bug. Help?
thanks

gimp version 2.6, Ubuntu.

Hi

Make sure you have the tool options available . pick your select tool
. note in the Tool Options, Mode
. Replace
. Add
. Subtract
. Intersect

So make your selection then modify using the mode options

See http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-using-selections-add.html

Claus Cyrny
2010-01-08 22:43:15 UTC (about 15 years ago)

problem modifying selection

Hi Andrew,

Andrew wrote:

I have trouble sometimes modifying the selection -- the new selection replaces the old instead of modifying it. Also, the selection marks become invisible.

-- using the modifier keys or the selection mode menu, and using any of the selection tools -- doesn't help
-- selection should be visible according to view menu, but it isn't -- the only way I can get back to normal is save and restart gimp

Either I've entered some select-unfriendly mode, or there's a bug. Help?

inside the "Tool" options, there's the possibility to set different modes for
selections, such as 'Add', 'Subtract', etc. By checking the respective icon, you can add to or subtract from the current selection. If the selection "disappears", just press CTRL+T. This should bring the selection back, unless you accidentally removed the selection. Sometimes I made the experience that CTRL+T doesn't work for some reason. Then 'View > Selection' brings the selection back.

HTH,

Claus

andrewandrew
2010-01-09 19:07:42 UTC (about 15 years ago)
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problem modifying selection

thanks @owen and @claus, but this isn't the problem. I know about the different modes and use them a lot. This is something that sometimes happens, and I don't know if I'm accidentally pressing something.

As to ctrl^T, that's not it, because it's not about the visibility of the selection, it's about the selection itself. The selection actually disappears and is replaced by the new one, whichever mode I use, and whichever selection tool I use. (it's easy to tell what the selection is by pressing ctrl^comma and seeing the extent of the fill, even when the marquee is invisible)

The funny thing is that it happens only sometimes. Could it be a bug?

Hi Andrew,

Andrew wrote:

I have trouble sometimes modifying the selection -- the new selection

replaces

the old instead of modifying it. Also, the selection marks become

invisible.

-- using the modifier keys or the selection mode menu, and using any of

the

selection tools -- doesn't help
-- selection should be visible according to view menu, but it isn't -- the only way I can get back to normal is save and restart gimp

Either I've entered some select-unfriendly mode, or there's a bug. Help?

inside the "Tool" options, there's the possibility to set different modes for
selections, such as 'Add', 'Subtract', etc. By checking the respective

icon,

you can add to or subtract from the current selection. If the selection "disappears", just press CTRL+T. This should bring the selection back, unless you accidentally removed the selection. Sometimes I made the experience that CTRL+T doesn't work for some reason. Then 'View > Selection' brings the selection back.

HTH,

Claus