If you want the contour to be smooth, move the cursor keeping the left button pressed.Ĭlose the contour by a double-click with the left mouse button. If you want the contour to be made of straight segments you should keep clicking the left mouse button along the border of the object until the whole object is outlined.

Select the Freehand mask tool from the Toolbox by clicking on the icon, or (if Freehand mask was not the last tool applied) select it from the floating window.īring the cursor to the border of the object that needs to be outlined and left-click it.

The Freehand mask tool selects a freehand mask. The selected elliptical area will stay the same, while the unselected area will be filled with a semi-transparent red color. Keeping the left button pressed, move the cursor diagonally to the opposite corner and release the button. , or (if Ellipse mask was not the last tool applied) select it from the floating window.īring the cursor to the point of the image where the corner of an imaginary rectangle with an inscribed ellipse should be, and press the left mouse button. Select the Ellipse mask tool from the Toolbox by clicking on the icon The Ellipse mask tool selects elliptical areas. The selected rectangular area will stay the same, while the unselected area will be filled with a semi-transparent red color. Press the button Normal mode in the tool Options palette.īring the cursor to the point of the image where the corner of an imaginary rectangle should be, and press the left mouse button. , or (if Rectangular mask was not the last tool applied) select it from the floating window. Select the Rectangular mask tool from the Toolbox by clicking on the icon The Rectangular mask tool selects rectangular areas.

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