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flip / rotate a path?

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flip / rotate a path? Gary Aitken 29 Mar 23:48
  flip / rotate a path? akovia 30 Mar 00:18
   flip / rotate a path? Gary Aitken 30 Mar 02:54
  flip / rotate a path? Simon Budig 30 Mar 00:20
   flip / rotate a path? Gary Aitken 30 Mar 01:07
Gary Aitken
2014-03-29 23:48:02 UTC (over 10 years ago)

flip / rotate a path?

Is there a way to flip / rotate a path the way you can a layer or image? I need to make a path and then generate a mirror image of it.

akovia
2014-03-30 00:18:55 UTC (over 10 years ago)

flip / rotate a path?

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014, at 07:48 PM, Gary Aitken wrote:

Is there a way to flip / rotate a path the way you can a layer or image? I need to make a path and then generate a mirror image of it. _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list
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You can use all the same tools but you have to tell it you are working with a path instead of a layer or selection in the tool options. These are the top 3 icons in the tool options beside the word "Transform:
It has Layer selected by default.

The only trick is if you want to transform just the path instead of the entire layer. To do so you must use the path to selection option before applying the transformation.

If you need more help just ask. I have some video tutorials that cover this, but it's a part of a longer tutorial.

akovia
Simon Budig
2014-03-30 00:20:04 UTC (over 10 years ago)

flip / rotate a path?

Gary Aitken (gimp@dreamchaser.org) wrote:

Is there a way to flip / rotate a path the way you can a layer or image? I need to make a path and then generate a mirror image of it.

Switch the respective transform tool to path mode, make the relevant path visible and work with it...

Bye, Simon

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Gary Aitken
2014-03-30 01:07:59 UTC (over 10 years ago)

flip / rotate a path?

On 03/29/14 18:20, Simon Budig wrote:

Gary Aitken (gimp@dreamchaser.org) wrote:

Is there a way to flip / rotate a path the way you can a layer or image? I need to make a path and then generate a mirror image of it.

Switch the respective transform tool to path mode, make the relevant path visible and work with it...

Ah, duh.
Thanks!

Gary Aitken
2014-03-30 02:54:19 UTC (over 10 years ago)

flip / rotate a path?

On 03/29/14 18:18, akovia wrote:

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014, at 07:48 PM, Gary Aitken wrote:

Is there a way to flip / rotate a path the way you can a layer or image? I need to make a path and then generate a mirror image of it.

You can use all the same tools but you have to tell it you are working with a path instead of a layer or selection in the tool options. These are the top 3 icons in the tool options beside the word "Transform:
It has Layer selected by default.

Thanks.

The only trick is if you want to transform just the path instead of the entire layer. To do so you must use the path to selection option before applying the transformation.

That turns out not to be the case. If you select a path, then select the transform tool and select the path icon for what to "Affect", it applies only to the selected path.

You don't want to transform a path to a selection and then transform back because you can get a lot of additional points on the path.