Re: [Gimp-user] Strugglign with Smooth Edges

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

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On 09/03/2014 01:38 PM, NoWhizzKid wrote:
> > I think we have a question for you: how did you create that?
> > Because it's likely more an error you do than a wrong
> > technique.
> >
> > If you want smooth outlines, you should create them using the
> > path tool <http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-using-paths.html>,
> > then create a selection from the path (Select>From path) and
> > then bucket-fill the selection. With the path tool, the
> > smoother lines are those created with the least nodes, and
> > where the tangent handles on each node are symmetrical.
> >
> > A path done using you existing foot as a guide, then used for
> > a selection and bucket-filled:
> >
> > http://imgur.com/Phb0SHA
>
> Oh lord, lol. I am so grateful for your reply, and the image
> that you have attached is absolutely perfect - 100% what I am
> after. But I'm afraid I just don't understand most of what you
> have explained to me with regards to tangent handles, nodes
> etc. I am such an amateur!

Amateur?  Aren't we all!  "Professionalism is always faked."

Here's a couple of points on bezier curves (pun intentional):

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Bezier_Selections/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv9R6tK0Wos

Bezier curves are used all over the place - CAD programs, vector
editors like Inkscape, etc.  In addition to making precise
drawings in a relatively quick and easy way, they are also useful
for making selections where/as the shape you are trying to outline
is bounded by smooth curves.

:o)

Steve



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