10-31-2016, 08:44 AM
When I first started working with paths I made a How To list. I printed this and kept referring to it whenever I was working with paths. It helped me, so I am sure it will help others just starting to use Gimp paths.
Consider this a Work In Progress. ie it is not complete and not guaranteed to be 100% correct. Please feel free to correct and add to it. I would like to see it posted somewhere permanent when completed.
HOW TO:
Create a new Path:
Design: Click, Click, Click, Click, ...
Close a Path:
Design: Ctrl-Click on first node.
Move a Node:
Design: Drag Node
Add a new node:
Design: Ctrl-Click on segment
Edit: Click on a segment
Delete a node:
Design: Select node, then Shift-Ctrl-Click on the node
Edit: Select node, then Shift-Click on the node (or Shift-Ctrl-Click on the node)
Delete a segment:
Design: Select Segent, then Shift-Ctrl-Click on the segment
Edit: Select Segent, Shift-Click on the segment
Join two nodes with a segment (close a path):
Design: Click on one node; Ctrl-Click on the next node.
Edit: Click on one node, Click on the next node.
Open (Extract) a handle:
Design: Select node: Ctrl-Drag square
or Edit: Drag square
Open (Extract) handles while creating a path:
Instead of just clckng, Click-Drag.
Close (Delete) a handle:
Design: Shift-Ctrl-Click on the handle
Edit: Shift-Click on the handle
Make handles symmetrical:
Design or Edit: Press Shift while dragging a handle
Design or Edit: Press Ctrl-Shift while dragging a handle
Bend a segment:
Design: Click on the segment and drag
or Edit: Click on the segment and drag (Caveat: this adds a new node!)
Start a new section in the same path
Design: Shift-Click
(Can be used to create an O shape path with inner and outer sections)
How to tell Gimp that this path is complete and I want to start a new path:
Paths Dialogue: Click on New Path (similar to creating a new layer in the layers dialogue.)
How to smooth nodes or a complete path:
???
Consider this a Work In Progress. ie it is not complete and not guaranteed to be 100% correct. Please feel free to correct and add to it. I would like to see it posted somewhere permanent when completed.
HOW TO:
Create a new Path:
Design: Click, Click, Click, Click, ...
Close a Path:
Design: Ctrl-Click on first node.
Move a Node:
Design: Drag Node
Add a new node:
Design: Ctrl-Click on segment
Edit: Click on a segment
Delete a node:
Design: Select node, then Shift-Ctrl-Click on the node
Edit: Select node, then Shift-Click on the node (or Shift-Ctrl-Click on the node)
Delete a segment:
Design: Select Segent, then Shift-Ctrl-Click on the segment
Edit: Select Segent, Shift-Click on the segment
Join two nodes with a segment (close a path):
Design: Click on one node; Ctrl-Click on the next node.
Edit: Click on one node, Click on the next node.
Open (Extract) a handle:
Design: Select node: Ctrl-Drag square
or Edit: Drag square
Open (Extract) handles while creating a path:
Instead of just clckng, Click-Drag.
Close (Delete) a handle:
Design: Shift-Ctrl-Click on the handle
Edit: Shift-Click on the handle
Make handles symmetrical:
Design or Edit: Press Shift while dragging a handle
Design or Edit: Press Ctrl-Shift while dragging a handle
Bend a segment:
Design: Click on the segment and drag
or Edit: Click on the segment and drag (Caveat: this adds a new node!)
Start a new section in the same path
Design: Shift-Click
(Can be used to create an O shape path with inner and outer sections)
How to tell Gimp that this path is complete and I want to start a new path:
Paths Dialogue: Click on New Path (similar to creating a new layer in the layers dialogue.)
How to smooth nodes or a complete path:
???