Free Select Tool - GIMP 2.8 Beginners' Guide ep27 Video Lecture | A GIMP Guide for Beginners - Design Softwares

hi in this video I continue with the
free select tool as I mentioned in the
previous episode I'm going to skip the
ellipse select 2 because the options are
pretty much the same as the rectangle
select tool so the keyboard shortcut for
the free select tool is f so you can
make a selection with this too in a
couple of ways
one of the ways is to click and hold
down the mouse button then start drawing
freely like this and then you can close
the selection by going over the starting
point you get this yellow circle release
and you have the selection the other way
is to just click without holding down
the mouse button and you get this line I
can click again click one more time then
mouse over the starting point of the
selection and I'm going to make a
selection in the shape of a triangle you
can also combine these two for example
here I'm going to click and hold down
the mouse button I'm going to draw
freely like this then I'm going to
release and drag line click here make
another line then start drawing freely
again don't close the selection once the
selection is made we can move it with
the Alt key hold down the Alt key you
get the move icon and we can position
the selection also you can move segments
of the selection for example if I click
here click over here in here now I can
mouse over this circle and when it
becomes yellow I can grab it and move
this segment I can also double click on
this point instead of closing the
selection by mousing over the starting
point I can just double click on this
last point and the selection will auto
close
one more thing that we can do is if I
click here here and here and for example
I'm going to make one more click over
here now I can grab any of these
existing points and move them so you can
mouse over any of these click hold down
the mouse button and then you can
position this point let's try another
one and once we are ready we can close
the selection now here in the two
options you see that we have very few
options for the free select tool and all
of them are also found in the rectangle
select tool so there is no need to
discuss them again if you have missed
the videos on the rectangle select tool
you can find them in my channel and the
free slide to is one of the most useful
select tools in GIMP I have used it many
times in my photo editing tutorials so
that's it for this one I hope that it
was useful visit my channel for more if
you want you bye for now