Re: Really Want a Transform Selection

David C. Barber wrote:
The one feature I most seem to use on Photoshop, and simply cannot find in
GIMP is the Transform Selection ability. I make a rectangular selection
that's approximate, then can turn on Transform Selection on the Select menu.
This allows me to drag any of the sides, corners, or the entire selection
box, as I wish. I have not found a way to do that on GIMP.

Call me stupid if it's there, and tell me where to find it. I'll be happy.

Thanks!


This is a new feature with gimp 2.x versions, so it probably won't show up in older Gimp tutorials. But here goes:

There are a series of Gimp tools called Move, Rotate, Scale, Shear, Perspective and Flip. These are accessible from the Gimp Toolbox. If you haven't changed any of the Tollbox's layout, below the tool buttons is an embedded dialog that gives you tool options. (The heading of the dialog changes depending on what tool you've selected.)

These tools all have the option of setting what the tool affects. (The option is called Affect.) You have the option of each of these tools affecting the Layer (Transform Layer - which is the default), Selection (Transform Selection - which is what you want) or Path (Transform Path).

Hope that helps?

Joal Heagney

PS: Don't forget to set the Affect option back to the default of Layer when you've finished, or later on you might wonder why a particular tool seems to have stopped working. :)
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