How to delele a node/anchor of Free Select or Path Tool?

[Phuoc]

When I'm using Free Select/Path Tool there are nodes set along the
line. I can go back to re-adjust them. But I couldn't figure out how to
remove them. I tried Delete key.

[Patrick]

Hi,
when using the path tool, you just have to press Shift+CTRL moving the
cursor to the node, you will see a minus symbol. Then just click to the
node and it will disapear.
AFAIK this is not possible with the free select tool. You have to press
the Backspace button several times till you removed the node you ment and
start from there again.

Regards
pAt

[Phuoc]

Patrick presented the following explanation :

> AFAIK this is not possible with the free select tool. You have to press
> the Backspace button several times till you removed the node you ment and
> start from there again.

That's good enough, thanks.

Phuoc

[Phuoc]

Patrick submitted this idea :

> when using the path tool, you just have to press Shift+CTRL moving the
> cursor to the node, you will see a minus symbol. Then just click to the
> node and it will disapear.
> AFAIK this is not possible with the free select tool. You have to press
> the Backspace button several times till you removed the node you ment and
> start from there again.

and what to do with scissors tool? I tried both methods, didn't work.

[Floyd L. Davidson]

Incidentally, the method I use with free select is to
just continue and finish making a complete selection,
and then change to ether "add" or "subtract" from the
selection and draw the parts that I want to correct, in
or out.

For a large selection I draw the entire selection at a
reasonable zoomed view that allows me to see the entire
selection. I make very little effort at precision. I
then zoom in closer, some times to literally the point
where individual pixels are easy to distinguish, and
slowly go around the entire selection perimeter and
make corrections very precisely.

The free select mode can be changed to "add" or "subtract"
using the tool option dialog, or "Shift" will enable "add" and
"Control" will enable "subtract".

--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) fl...@apaflo.com

[Phuoc]

on 6/03/2011, Floyd L. Davidson supposed :

> Incidentally, the method I use with free select is to
> just continue and finish making a complete selection,
> and then change to ether "add" or "subtract" from the
> selection and draw the parts that I want to correct, in
> or out.
>
> For a large selection I draw the entire selection at a
> reasonable zoomed view that allows me to see the entire
> selection. I make very little effort at precision. I
> then zoom in closer, some times to literally the point
> where individual pixels are easy to distinguish, and
> slowly go around the entire selection perimeter and
> make corrections very precisely.
>
> The free select mode can be changed to "add" or "subtract"
> using the tool option dialog, or "Shift" will enable "add" and
> "Control" will enable "subtract".

Thank you for the useful trick. I've never tried add/substract.
Do you also know how to delete a node in the unfinished path of the
scissors tool?

[lodea...@gmail.com]

Works perfect! Thanks