Re: [Gimp-user] A better way to close a path where an end node is on top of a start node

["ugajin talktalk net" <ugajin talktalk net>]

Ofnuts - I shall need more help with doing this using a script.

> ----Original Message----
> From: ofnuts gmx com
> Date: 31/01/2016 23:14
> To: <gimp-user-list gnome org>
> Subj: Re: [Gimp-user] A better way to close a path where an end node 
is on top of a start node
> On 29/01/16 14:53, ugajin wrote:
> > I have been searching for how best to close a path where an end node 
is on top of a start node.
> > One work-around is to not place the end node on the start node, so 
that the path can be closed in the usual way, and then move what had 
been intended to be the end node on top of the start node. This hack 
will create a path segment between the start end and nodes with the 
expected zero values, but it will be a closed path.
> > Not closing path nodes may not always create an issue when using 
paths to generate bitmapped images, but it may  when e.g. stroking 
paths, and the otherwise unnecessary data can be a tad messy when 
exporting paths.
> > Another workaround (good for OCD types) is perhaps to place the end 
node on the start node, export and edit the path data adding a close-
path flag, and then import it back into Gimp.
> >
>
> If you are doing this in a script:
>
>  * copy the backwards tangent of the last node to the first node
>  * drop the last node and its tangent handles
>  * mark the stroke closed
>
> _______________________________________________
> gimp-user-list mailing list
> List address:    gimp-user-list gnome org
> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list

> List archives:   https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list