Alex Malinovich wrote:
Could you elaborate on changing the size and borders of a selection in The Gimp? I've worked with it for quite a while at home and at work and I've NEVER been able to resize a selection once it's been made. I know about the "add" and "subtract" modes, but what I'd like is to be able to just hover over the bottom right corner of a selection, get a little diagonal line icon, and drag it to a different size rectangle. Is this actually possible and how the heck did I miss it?!
It is IMO not as easy as it could be, but there are some ways to do it: 1. If you want to crop, use the crop tool directly: it allows easy resizing.2. Use guides: first places the guides (which you can easily place exactly as you want them to have), then use the rectangle tool to select; it will snap to the guides. 3. Use one of the transform tools on the selection, telling it that it should work on the selection, not on the layer.
4. I think creative use of the quick mask can give good results too. -- "Codito ergo sum" Roel Schroeven