On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 2:48 PM, jojo8 wrote:

Hi I have just started using gimp. I wonder if it is possible to blur a selected area of a photo, such as the face after using the intelligent scissors. I have tried several times but can't seem to get it! After you have selected an area with the intelligent scissors is it possible to change the area inside, for example by burring etc? Thanks.

It works exactly as you described: select something, then apply a filter. Try it.

Alexandre

On Sun, Jun 15, 2014 at 3:11 PM, jojo8 wrote:

The problem
may be that I am not finishing off the selection properly with the intelligent scissors. I have clicked the outline I want but after that how do you know it has been selected properly so you can apply a filter?

http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-iscissors.html explains how to use it.

If you have an animated border (called "marching ants") around the area you wanted to select, then you selection is done.

Alexandre

Set the blur radius to 100 for example and see if that is what you want.

Ctrl + Z to get back to the original and try anither setting

Owen

> Okay thanks, I did not have the animated border. It has worked but the
> Gaussian
> blur is not enough. i want it more blurred. I keep re-applying the
> filter but it
> is not blurring completely.
>
>  >http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-iscissors.html explains how to use
>>it.
>>
>>If you have an animated border (called "marching ants") around the
>>area you wanted to select, then you selection is done.
>>
>>Alexandre
>

On 15/06/14 13:38, jojo8 wrote:

Okay thanks, I did not have the animated border. It has worked but the Gaussian blur is not enough. i want it more blurred. I keep re-applying the filter but it is not blurring completely.

Try Filters>Blur>Pixelize