2.7. Intelligent Scissors

2.7. Intelligent Scissors
	2. Nástroje pro výběr

Obrázek 14.30. Intelligent Scissors tool icon in the Toolbox

Inteligentní nůžky jsou velmi zajímavým nástrojem – spojují některé vlastnosti lasa, cest a řadu svých jedinečných vlastností. Nůžky jsou užitečné, pokud chcete vybrat oblast ohraničenou ostrým přechodem barev. Nůžky se používají tak, že klikáním na hranice oblasti, kterou se snažíte vybrat, vytváříte řadu kontrolních bodů neboli uzlů. Nástroj tyto body spojuje hranicí, která sleduje kontrastní hranice barev nalezené v dané oblasti. Pokud máte trochu štěstí, odpovídá takto nalezení hranice hranicím oblasti, kterou se snažíte vybrat.

Unfortunately, there seem to be some problems with the edge-following logic for this tool, with the result that the selections it creates tend to be pretty crude in a lot of cases. A good way to clean them up is to switch to QuickMask mode, and use paint tools to paint in the problematic parts. On the whole, most people find the Path tool to be more useful than the Scissors, because, even though it does not have the intelligent edge-finding capability, the paths it produces persist until you delete them, and can be altered at any time.

2.7.1. Activating the tool

You can access the Intelligent Scissors Tool in different ways:

From the image menu bar Tools → Selection Tools → Intelligent Scissors,
by clicking on the tool icon in the ToolBox,
by using the keyboard shortcut I.

2.7.2. Key modifiers

The default behavior of the Shift, Ctrl, and Alt keys is described in 2.1.1 – „Key modifiers (Defaults)“ for all selection tools.

There is, however, one key modifier that has a special behavior if you use it while editing a selection, that is after you have added the first node:

Shift

By default, the auto-edge snap feature is enabled: whenever you click and drag the mouse pointer, the Scissors tool finds the point of the maximal gradient (where the color change is maximal) for placing a new control node or moving an existing node.

Holding down this key while clicking and dragging disables this feature, and the control node will be placed at the position of the mouse pointer.

Backspace removes last segment drawn, Escape cancels all selection segments.

2.7.3. Tool handling

Obrázek 14.31. Using Intelligent Scissors

Při každém kliknutí levým tlačítkem myši se vytvoří nový kontrolní bod spojený s předchozím křivkou, která se snaží sledovat hrany v obrázku. Chcete-li výběr ukončit, klikněte na první kontrolní bod (kurzor se změní, pokud jste na správném místě). Křivku můžete upravit tažením kontrolních bodů nebo vytvářením nových. Když jste s tvarem křivky spokojeni, klikněte kamkoliv dovnitř, křivka se tak změní na klasický výběr.

As said above when you click with this tool you drop points. The selection boundary is driven by these control points. During creation you can move each one by clicking and dragging, except the first and the last one. The selection is closed when you are clicking the last point over the first one. When the selection is closed the pointer shape changes according to its position: inside , on the boundary , and outside . You can adjust the selection creating new points by clicking on the boundary or by moving each control points (merged first and last point). The selection is validated when you click inside.

You have to notice that you can get only one selection; if you create a second selection, the first one is erased when you validate the second one.

	Varování
Be sure not to click inside the curve until you are completely done adjusting it. Once you have converted it into a selection, undoing takes you back to zero, and you will have to start constructing the curve again from scratch if you need to change it. Also be sure not to switch to a different tool, or again all of your carefully created control nodes will be lost. (But you still can transform your selection into a path and work it with the Path tool.)

Varování

Be sure not to click inside the curve until you are completely done adjusting it. Once you have converted it into a selection, undoing takes you back to zero, and you will have to start constructing the curve again from scratch if you need to change it. Also be sure not to switch to a different tool, or again all of your carefully created control nodes will be lost. (But you still can transform your selection into a path and work it with the Path tool.)

To move the selection, see Moving selections.

2.7.4. Options

Obrázek 14.32. Volby nástrojů pro Inteligentní nůžky

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 Windows → Dockable Windows → Tool Options which opens the option window of the selected tool.

Modes; Antialiasing; Feather edges

	Poznámka
	See Selection Tools Options for help with options that are common to all these tools. Only options that are specific to this tool are explained here.

Zobrazit interaktivní hranici: Pokud je tato volba povolena, zobrazuje se při umisťování nového kontrolního bodu křivka interaktivně. Pokud je zakázána, je kontrolní bod s předchozím bodem spojen úsečkou a výslednou křivku uvidíte až po uvolnění tlačítka myši. Na pomalých počítačích, pokud jsou body daleko od sebe, to může znamenat znatelné urychlení. (Tato volba nefunguje při přesouvání již existujících kontrolních bodů.)