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GIMP how to select from merged path

I have the path, merge from 8 subpath (because it require symmetry, I create 1/8 then merge them together)

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I wanna select the picture inside the path, that is... impossible. Are there any ways to:

  • re-order the points inside the path
    or
  • manual set the points position (x and y coordinate)
    or
  • unclose any subpath (I hate this, hate to do drawing the paths over again)
    or
  • anyway it select inside the path smarter?

thank you all.

Solution

  • The best you can do is splice the strokes so that you have a truly closed stroke from which you get a selection.

    The ofn-path-edits plugin has a Join strokes function to connect together strokes whose end points are close enough.

    But you'll have to redo part of your work: use the Join strokes function to create the closed shapes, then replicate+shift these closed shapes. And yes, this means that between the shapes, there are overlapping strokes, one for the shape on the left/top and one for the shape on the right/bottom.

    At the same place there is also a path-mirror script that can create the symmetry of a stroke, and connect the ends that are on the symmetry axis.