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CHAPTER 7. PATHS 53
fading out, this will be honored when the path is stroked. This applies to any of the
modes that the painting tool accepts.
The following paint tools work when stroking a path. They need to be the currently
active tool to work. If no paint tool is selected, then the "Paintbrush" tool is used.
• Pencil
• Paintbrush
• Eraser
• Airbrush
• Clone
• Convolver
• Dodge or Burn
• Smudge
7.7 Delete Path
Deletes the currently active path. The path below it becomes the active path. This
function is the same as clicking the icon.
7.8 Copy Path
Copies the points of the active path to the GIMP clipboard. Use Paste Path to paste
the path points to another image.
If you want to copy paths between images then you need to create a new,
empty path in the destination image into which the points from the source
path can be copied.
7.9 Paste Path
Pastes a previously copied set of path points into the currently selected path. Use Copy
Path to copy the path points first.
If you want to copy paths between images, you need to create a new,
empty path in the destination image into which the points from the source
path can be copied.