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12.2.4
Free Selection Tool (Lasso)
Figure 12.8: Free Selection icon in the Toolbox
The Free Selection tool, or Lasso, lets you create a selection by drawing it free-hand with the pointer, while holding down the
left mouse button (or, for a stylus, pressing it against the tablet). When you release the mouse button, the selection is closed by
connecting the current pointer location to the start location with a straight line. You can go outside the edge of the image display
and come back in if you want to. The Lasso is often a good tool to use for ‘roughing in’ a selection; it is not so good for precise
definition. Experienced users find that it is often convenient to begin with the lasso tool, but then switch to
left mouse button (or, for a stylus, pressing it against the tablet). When you release the mouse button, the selection is closed by
connecting the current pointer location to the start location with a straight line. You can go outside the edge of the image display
and come back in if you want to. The Lasso is often a good tool to use for ‘roughing in’ a selection; it is not so good for precise
definition. Experienced users find that it is often convenient to begin with the lasso tool, but then switch to
mode for
detail work.
For information on selections and how they are used in GIMP see
. For information on features common to all selection
tools see
Note
The Free Selection tool is much easier to use with a tablet than with a mouse.
The Free Selection tool is much easier to use with a tablet than with a mouse.
12.2.4.1
How to Activate
The Lasso Tool can be activated from an image menu as Tools → Selection Tools → Free Select; from the Toolbox by clicking
on the tool icon
; or from the keyboard using the shortcut f.
12.2.4.2
Key modifiers
The Free Select tool does not have any special key modifiers, only the ones that affect all selection tools in the same way. See
for help with these.