Intelligent Scissors
Overview
The Intelligent Scissors can be used to
select contiguous areas of similar color weight in a fashion
similar to the
Fuzzy Selection Tool
. The primary difference is that the scissor tool creates
the selection area one line at a time. Clicking with
Button1 will create nodes that are
intelligently joined using lines that attempt to follow color
weights. Once the area is closed, clicking inside the new area
will render the selection area. It is at this time that the key
modifications can be used to change the selection method.
See Also: Paths Dialog Help for additional help with path style area creation.
Intelligent Scissors Options
Intelligent Scissor Settings
- Feather
The Feather slider sets the amount of feathering to create around the rendered selection area. Feathering softens the edge of the selection by the specified number of pixels. See also: Feather Selection.
- Antialiasing
The Antialiasing button toggles the rendering of aliased edges on the selection boundary. Aliasing produces smoother curves and angles and is recommended for most uses.
Additional Information
Default Keyboard Shortcut: I
Key modifiers:
Ctrl is used to subtract from existing selections.
Shift is used to add to existing selections.
Ctrl-Shift is used to produce selection intersections. This is also known as union selections.