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Rotate selection without content?

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Rotate selection without content? Ulodesk 18 Apr 17:43
  Rotate selection without content? Akkana Peck 18 Apr 19:14
  Rotate selection without content? rich 18 Apr 20:51
   Rotate selection without content? Chris Mohler 18 Apr 21:18
  Rotate selection without content? Thomas Hart 19 Apr 02:18
Rotate selection without content? Thomas Hart 19 Apr 03:48
  Rotate selection without content? Ulodesk 21 Apr 03:52
Ulodesk
2010-04-18 17:43:37 UTC (almost 15 years ago)
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Rotate selection without content?

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an angle.

Akkana Peck
2010-04-18 19:14:20 UTC (almost 15 years ago)

Rotate selection without content?

Philip U. writes:

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an angle.

Use the "Transform selection" button in the tool options for the Rotate tool. Described here:
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tools-transform.html#gimp-tool-transform

...Akkana

rich
2010-04-18 20:51:14 UTC (almost 15 years ago)

Rotate selection without content?

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an angle.

Looks like the rotate tool does not work on an empty selection.

A bit of a work-around would be. make a new transparent layer an on this layer make the ellipse
fill the ellipse with colour
select none
rotate and move to position
reselect by colour.

now delete the new layer leaving the selection.

a few screen shots here http://www.imageno.com/wpbshttvx8blpic.html

The snag is obvious, the size/shape of the ellipse is not determined at the final location.

Chris Mohler
2010-04-18 21:18:10 UTC (almost 15 years ago)

Rotate selection without content?

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:51 PM, rich wrote:

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an angle.

Looks like the rotate tool does not work on an empty selection.

You need to check the 'Selection' button next to 'Transform' in the Rotate Tool's options, as Akkana pointed out. Then you are rotating the selection itself and not the contents.

Chris

Thomas Hart
2010-04-19 02:18:23 UTC (almost 15 years ago)

Rotate selection without content?

Both rotate and move tools have an option to choose the selection elliptical or whatever.  Thomas J. Hart

From: Philip U. 
To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 11:43:37 AM
Subject: [Gimp-user] Rotate selection without content?

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an
angle.
Thomas Hart
2010-04-19 03:48:03 UTC (almost 15 years ago)

Rotate selection without content?

Both rotate and move tools have an option to apply on the selection; maybe other tools have it, too.  Thomas J. Hart

From: Akkana Peck 
To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 1:14:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate selection without content?

Philip U. writes:
> Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at an
> angle. 

Use the "Transform selection" button in the tool options for the
Rotate tool. Described here:
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tools-transform.html#gimp-tool-transform

    ...Akkana
Ulodesk
2010-04-21 03:52:16 UTC (almost 15 years ago)
postings
2

Rotate selection without content?

Both rotate and move tools have an option to apply on the selection; maybe

other tools have it, too.

Thomas J. Hart

________________________________ From: Akkana Peck
To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU Sent: Sun, April 18, 2010 1:14:20 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Rotate selection without content?

Philip U. writes:

Is there no way to do this? I want to use an elliptical selection, but at

an

angle.

Use the "Transform selection" button in the tool options for the Rotate tool. Described here:
http://docs.gimp.org/2.6/en/gimp-tools-transform.html#gimp-tool-transform

...Akkana