User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
A filled object will select the area covered by the fill. If the object also has a visible stroke,
the selection will include the area covered by the stroke.
An unfilled object will select the area covered by just the stroke of the object.
An object without a visible fill or stroke will not select anything.
The type of fill ink or pen ink applied to an object is not significant for the selection it will make.
However, the shape of the stroke is significant. A visible pen, dash, parallel, or neon stroke will affect
the shape of the resulting selection. Also, the end caps, line joins, and arrows applied to a stroke will
affect the selection.
To convert a path to a selection:
1. Draw or position a vector or text object on a paint object where you want to make a selection.
If you want to preserve the vector or text object, make a copy of it; the object will be
deleted when it is converted to a selection.
2. Select both the vector object and the paint object.
3. Choose Image | Path to Selection.
4. The vector or text object is replaced by a selection. The paint object is in edit mode and the
selection is outlined by a dashed border.
Converting objects to paths
Most objects drawn with vector tools are paths that can be used to create selections in images.
However, some objects must be converted to paths first.
If an object does not create a selection when you choose Path to Selection, you might need to convert
the object to a path by selecting the object and choosing Path | Convert to Paths.
Working with image selections
After you make a selection, you can clear it, soften its edges, make it floating, move it, and change its
opacity.
Clearing and copying a selection
You can replace the pixels in a selection with the current background color by pressing the Delete
key, or by choosing Edit | Cut. (The Cut command also transfers the selection to the Clipboard.)
Canvas replaces the selected pixels with the color currently displayed in the background color icon.
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