The Free Selection tool, or Lasso, lets you create a selection by drawing it with the pointer.
Since GIMP-2.6, you can use it in two ways. First create the starting point clicking on your image. Then,
Maintaining the mouse button pressed (i.e click-and-drag), drag to draw a free hand selection. When end point comes superimposed on the starting point, release the mouse button to close the selection.
If you click on the end point, it turns accompanied by a moving cross. Then, dragging enlarges the shape.
Or release the mouse button and drag to draw a polygonal selection. When the end point comes superimposed on the starting point, click to close the selection. Since GIMP-2.10, closing polygonal selection doesn't confirm the selection automatically; you still can tweak positions of nodes.Then press Enter or switch to another tool to confirm the selection.
Press the Ctrl keyboard key and click on the end point: moving the mouse pointer forces moving angles to 15°; so, you can draw horizontal or vertical lines easily.
In both cases, double clicking on the end point closes the selection with a straight line.
Press Enter or double click inside the shape to validate the selection.
Pressing and releasing the mouse pointer allows you to mix free hand segments and polygonal segments. You can go outside the edge of the image display and come back in if you want to.
The Lasso is often a good tool to use for “roughing in” a selection; it is not so good for precise definition. Experienced users find that it is often convenient to begin with the lasso tool, but then switch to QuickMask mode for detail work.
선택에 대한 자세한 정보나 사용법은 선택 섹션을 참고하시고, 선택 도구의 공통적인 특징에 대한 정보는 선택 도구 섹션을 보십시오.
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You can access the Lasso Tool in different ways:
From the image menu bar
→ → ,
by clicking on the tool icon
in the ToolBox,
by using the keyboard shortcut F.
자유 선택 도구에는 특별한 동작 변경 키가 없습니다. 다만 모든 도구에 영향을 주는 동작 변경 키만 사용할 수 있습니다. 이에 대한 자세한 내용은 선택 도구 섹션에 있습니다.
Backspace removes last segment drawn, Escape cancels all selection segments.
Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. If they are not, you can access them from the image menu bar through
→ → which opens the option window of the selected tool.자유 선택 도구에는 특별한 도구 선택사항이 없습니다. 다만 모드 도구에 영향을 주는 선택사항만 사용이 가능합니다. 이에 대한 자세한 내용은 선택 도구 섹션에 있습니다.