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Paths and selections

Paths and selections - GIMP Tutorial

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Paths and selections

- [Instructor] Let's continue working with paths in GIMP by exploring the ways that paths and selections are related. Understanding how to transform paths into selections and vice versa can really save you a lot of time and effort. For example, in our exercise file, we have several objects that we used in a previous movie to practice drawing with the path tool. And while it's not too difficult to trace objects like these once you get a hang of the paths tool, it does require effort and concentration. But you can do nearly the same job very quickly when you know how to convert selections into paths. So if the job was to create one path of all these shapes, what I can do is use one of the selection tools, like the fuzzy select tool, and I'll click the reset button in the tool options to make sure I'm using the default settings, and click to select the house and then hold down the shift key and click to add the cloud shape, the musical note, and the leaf. Now with all four shapes…

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