05-10-2017, 08:32 AM
From the screenshot, that is a Gimp 2.9.5 (presumably the one you got from Partha)
The problem might be specific to OSX but strange that it should affect both Gimp 2.8 and the development 2.9
This a short video demo of the FG select use in Gimp 2.9.5 about 2 minutes https://youtu.be/93m9MXTYDgQ
Maybe it is your work flow somewhere. I still think that there are better tools.
You wrote earlier I paint a line inside the image to select different shades of colour. remember the tool is not about selecting colour, it tries to find the boundary between FG and BG.
The problem might be specific to OSX but strange that it should affect both Gimp 2.8 and the development 2.9
This a short video demo of the FG select use in Gimp 2.9.5 about 2 minutes https://youtu.be/93m9MXTYDgQ
Maybe it is your work flow somewhere. I still think that there are better tools.
You wrote earlier I paint a line inside the image to select different shades of colour. remember the tool is not about selecting colour, it tries to find the boundary between FG and BG.