Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.9.5 Erase

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

Hi,

There is a big fat message in the empty image window, please
do as it says and only use latest git master.

Regards,
Mitch


On Sat, 2017-02-18 at 19:26 +0100, programmer_ceds wrote:
> One other piece of information - I have just found if the erased path
> crosses
> itself (without releasing the mouse button) the intersection stays
> erased - for
> example if a figure 8 is drawn in one operation the problem doesn't
> appear.
>
> I don't see the same thing on the same PC (running W7 64-bit) using
> V2.8.20.
>
> > Am I missing something obvious here?
> >
> > I create a new image, use bucket fill to fill it with the
> > background
> > colour (not white, although the 'problem' still occurs with white)
> > and
> > add an alpha channel to the layer.
> >
> > I then select the eraser tool and erase a strip of the image - this
> > works fine and I see the chequered/transparent background as
> > expected.
> >
> > If I then erase another strip that in part crosses the first strip
> > the
> > intersection of the strips becomes white.
> >
> > Erasing the intersection again toggles it back to being
> > transparent..
> >
> > I have tried adjusting various controls for the eraser tool without
> > success (I consider success to be that the intersection of the two
> > strips remains erased).
> >
> > I am using GIMP V2.9.5 commit 7111ead (the portable Windows version
> > from Partha's site posted 12.2.2017 (many thanks to Partha for
> > posting
> > these versions))