Mr Gear Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Hello everyone, I downloaded Paint a week ago and have been trying to get used to it, and although it seems a comprehensive and good quality programme, I am struggling with the Lasso tool. It seems that I can only lasso irregular shapes by holding down the mouse button, whereas I'd have much more control if I could make a series of clicks to connect straight lines. Do you know what I mean? Is Paint missing this feature so common on other image software, or am I an idiot? I have searched the menus hard, but I still can't find how to do it. Thanks in advance, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 I've suggested it before, but there is an alternative. 1. Create a new layer. 2. Color in what you want to select with brushes and lines. 3. Use the magic wand at 0 tolerance to select the colored area. 4. Select the other layer, and Viola! You have an (almost) perfect selection! Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Gear Posted February 17, 2007 Author Share Posted February 17, 2007 I've suggested it before, but there is an alternative.1. Create a new layer. 2. Color in what you want to select with brushes and lines. 3. Use the magic wand at 0 tolerance to select the colored area. 4. Select the other layer, and Viola! You have an (almost) perfect selection! Thank you, I can indeed see how that would work, but it gets a bit of a faf if you have lots of layers in play. But thanks again, at least that is something to fall back on and is certainly more accurate than going totally freehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 A polygon lasso would be an excellent feature, but alas I don't believe that Paint.Net has it. Sorry! Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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