Using the Scissor Tool
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Jan 19, 2007 |
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Step 1: Open your image
Go ahead and open up the image you want to try this on. I'm going to use this image:
Step 2: Start clicking
Select the Scissor tool (Shortcut: i). Next, click on the edge of your shape.
Then keep clicking at regular intervals on the edge, making your way around the perimeter of your shape.
Step 3: Finalize Selection
Once you have finished settings points around your shape, you need to make it into a selection so you can work with it. Before you do this though, you might want to go into the Scissors tool options and check Feather Edges to create a smooth selection:
Now, click on the first point you made. The last point should be connected your first point at this step. Finally, just click inside the perimeter to turn it into a selection:
Now that you've got your selection, you can do anything you want! Have fun!
thank you!! was wondering how to do that
Everything is cool until step 3. When I "click inside the perimeter" the perimeter disappears. All the tutorials I've tried break down at this point. Sometimes they say, "Now convert it into a selection", but none explain how to do this. Any ideas on how to convert the perimeter into a selection as it appears in the bottom picture?
Osaka - I had the same problem at first, but I think I have it figured out now. The last part of step three says to click just inside the perimeter to turn it into a selection. For me, if I don't click in just the right place, it adds another point rather than changing it to a selection. I can find just the right location to click by watching the pointer. While making the points, the pointer is an arrowhead, with the scissor icon below it and a cross next to arrowhead. When I'm in the right location to make the selection, the cross disappears. Sorry I don't know how to explain this more clearly, but I hope it makes sense.
Help! I just discovered GIMP about two days ago. I am trying to learn how to cut out an object in a photo. I can get as far as selecting the object with the scissors, but then I don't know what to do to cut it out? I hit delete but nothing happens. Would someone help me with this? As you can probably already tell, I am very new in using photo editing software.
Help! I just discovered GIMP about two days ago. I am trying to learn how to cut out an object in a photo. I can get as far as selecting the object with the scissors, but then I don't know what to do to cut it out? I hit delete but nothing happens. Would someone help me with this? As you can probably already tell, I am very new in using photo editing software.
Try Ctrl+K to delete or Ctrl+X to cut (if you want to paste it later).
Hey there, I'm using the Scissors tool, and there seems to be no way to DELETE a point/node? You can just move them? No matter what key-combination I use, I only come up with the "+" (plus sign) for adding a point or the cross (move sign) for moving points.
Is there no delete mode for the Scissors tool? There's a tricky part of my image and trying to move points often adds another point by mistake, and then I end up with a gazillion points, and trying to move them around to the right places is nightmarish. So then I have to keep starting over, argh.
I checked the manual, and there's a delete mode for the Paths tool, but not Scissors????
Yeah, I've also looked for a way to delete points, but haven't found a way. Hopefully, we'll see it in the next release of GIMP...
Hi, ROTFL and kicking myself in the butt at the same time..,..been using GIMP for over a year and only just now discovered this great tool and great tut!