Re: [Gimp-user] Frustrating path tool behaviour

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 02/20/18 20:47, rogerhase wrote:
> Hello!
>
> New user here. I am trying to remove a background using the path tool. So I am
> following a video that shows how to use the tool.
> What I do is to select the path tool and drawi carefully the inner part of the
> drawing but halfway doing so, when I have marked about 150 points it randomly
> changes to another tool and I lose all the points that I have marked till then.
> Undoing with the cmd-Z does nothing. This is really frustrating as I carefully
> do it without touching any other key?. What am I doing wrong?
> Thank you
You don't lose anything... Open the Path dialog (Windows>Dockable 
dialog>Paths) and you'll find your path. Make it visible (same eye icon 
as you have on layers), select the Path tool again, and click on the 
path in the canvas to restart the edition.