• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      It takes a while to figure out how selections in Gimp work.

      It whenever you select you have created a mask and when you combine it with layers it can get very confusing.

      If you accidentally select a small bit you cannot edit anything else. I think that is what OP is referring to.

      There is a tool that shows you what you have selected that can help.

      IMO Gimp isn’t very well documented so you can get stuck for a while before you understand what is going on.

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        6 months ago

        Oooh, wait, that isn’t how it works in other programs? I really like that behaviour in GIMP to be perfectly honest, have used it in editing stuff deliberately.

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          6 months ago

          Same… I think Photoshop would probably feel difficult to me to get my head around at this point since Gimp’s workflow is the one I’ve known and used for over a decade and a half now

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        It is annoying not to have a button on the UI, but once you learn the hotkey this becomes a non-issue unless I’m missing something? I suppose this is an issue, but for a piece of free software like this it sort of feels like making a mountain out of a molehill.

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          6 months ago

          You are correct. My comment did not correctly convey my attitude that I appreciate Gimp even though it has taken me quite a while to figure it out.

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            6 months ago

            That’s what I thought you meant, I was just trying to confirm, as I sometimes feel a step behind in tech conversions.