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free hand selection tool ('lasso')

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free hand selection tool ('lasso') glas 13 Nov 15:08
  free hand selection tool ('lasso') Ofnuts 14 Nov 11:16
   free hand selection tool ('lasso') Richard 15 Nov 21:30
glas
2015-11-13 15:08:06 UTC (over 8 years ago)
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free hand selection tool ('lasso')

Whilst using this tool it has recently begun to draw its own lines part way through and thus complete the selection for me - trouble is, I've never finished what I'm actually trying to select!! I've deleted and re-installed the application, but it is still doing it. Has something changed (for example, is there perhaps a setting that says it should try to predict what I'm trying to select based on some algorithm or other)? Right now, the tool is completely useless. Thanks

Ofnuts
2015-11-14 11:16:37 UTC (over 8 years ago)

free hand selection tool ('lasso')

On 13/11/15 16:08, glas wrote:

Whilst using this tool it has recently begun to draw its own lines part way through and thus complete the selection for me - trouble is, I've never finished what I'm actually trying to select!! I've deleted and re-installed the application, but it is still doing it. Has something changed (for example, is there perhaps a setting that says it should try to predict what I'm trying to select based on some algorithm or other)? Right now, the tool is completely useless. Thanks

The tool does that when it gets a double-click, so it is likely that something in your system is emitting stray double-clicks. I have had this happen to me with an aging mouse (these double click are caused by worn out contacts bouncing). If you have a wireless mouse check the batteries.

Btw, when this happens, all is not lost, you can add/subtract further selections to what you have got.

Richard
2015-11-15 21:30:43 UTC (over 8 years ago)

free hand selection tool ('lasso')

This can also potentially occur if you're using the lasso select on a touchscreen/touchpad/tablet stylus, depending on those devices' pressure sensitivity settings.

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To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org
From: ofnuts@gmx.com
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 12:16:37 +0100 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] free hand selection tool ('lasso')

On 13/11/15 16:08, glas wrote:

Whilst using this tool it has recently begun to draw its own lines part way through and thus complete the selection for me - trouble is, I've never finished what I'm actually trying to select!! I've deleted and re-installed the application, but it is still doing it. Has something changed (for example, is there perhaps a setting that says it should try to predict what I'm trying to select based on some algorithm or other)? Right now, the tool is completely useless. Thanks

The tool does that when it gets a double-click, so it is likely that something in your system is emitting stray double-clicks. I have had this happen to me with an aging mouse (these double click are caused by worn out contacts bouncing). If you have a wireless mouse check the batteries.

Btw, when this happens, all is not lost, you can add/subtract further selections to what you have got.
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