Comments on 'Using the Scissor Tool' at Gimpology.com

On April 2, 2012, Denswei said...

Pretty crappy, very frustrating. I followed the instructions multiple times only to lose the work, or move the wrong thing (either the layer, or the path, but not the selection--even though I clicked on the "Move Selection" button). Eventually it worked for some reason, but it's definitely not a user friendly program.

On January 23, 2012, A said...

zoom in on the object, either using [view]-zoom (alt-v, z) and make sure you create a closed loop and select the starting node, you should see two conjoined circles.
Then click inside the closed object, you should see a broken circle, and after you click the selection should show up.
Then if you copy and paste or cut and paste, select the move tool (four arrows) just below the scissors. <----That's the step I was missing, so maybe you were too, very old thread but maybe it will help someone doing the same thing as me.

-Also, I heard some dog with glasses doesn't get the banana vs. pickle war

On March 22, 2011, A said...

where can i download the tool plzzzzz help

On October 30, 2010, A said...

Okay, I had some issues with the click in the selection too. But I found out what the issue was. You have to have "Replace the current selection" selected under Mode when you have the Scissors selected. This will allow you to turn your area into a selection when you click in the middle and then you can cut and paste it where ever.

Hope this helps! :)

On December 23, 2009, A said...

thank you! i've been using Gimp also for a year and have never used the scissor tool until just now. It works fantastic. Thanks for the helpful and simple to understand tutorial. i did as you said and it works. You unsuck to the max! CathyWagley - yes you can. The problem would be making the new people fit into the old people's cut-out, but there might be waays around it.

On November 2, 2009, A said...

Judging not only by the comments listed above but my own frustrations following this tutorial...I'd pretty much have to say you suck. I've come as far as clicking on my selection and nothing happens....thanks for nothing.

On September 23, 2009, A said...

I, too am new to this, and I want to know if I can cut people out of one picture, (get rid of the background and keep people), then on another picture, cut out the people and keep the background, then put people from one picture onto the background from the second picture? I hope you can understand what I'm trying to say, I feel this question is as confusing as I am. Thank you for your time.

On August 16, 2009, A said...

I have to say I am also new to picture editing, I have been looking for software for a while that would allow me cut objects out of pictures to use in other pictures ( makes sense ). I don't understand why this is so fliiipppiinn difficult to do!!! I simply want to highlight the area I want to use and either right click and save image as ( just the bit I want not the whole image ) or right click, copy then paste it in to my prefered destination. It sounds easy to me, but I am pulling my hair out trying to do just that using GIMP......
I'm sure this is what the software is designed to do but I can't figure it out PLEASE HELP BEFORE I GO COMPLETELY CRAZY....:]-
Many thanks in advance.
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On April 29, 2009, A said...

Fair enough I'm new and I suck at this ... It's been years since I used this program. In the old days I put a box around what I wanted to cut out and that's what happened. It cut everything else out and left that section. Now I press on the scissors tool and a message of "Please do not use the scissors tool on a segment or an achor point (but not and end point) of a path". I'm deadset confused on what that is spose to mean. Can anyone help me? Please?

On April 10, 2009, A said...

what i found to do is copy it then make a new or just paste it to the picture you want it to be on.... this helped solve the problem i was having thank you very much for the help

On November 15, 2008, A said...

Hi, ROTFL and kicking myself in the butt at the same time..,..been using GIMP for over a year and only just now discovered this great tool and great tut!

On August 7, 2008, A said...

Yeah, I've also looked for a way to delete points, but haven't found a way. Hopefully, we'll see it in the next release of GIMP...

On February 14, 2008, A said...

Hey there, I'm using the Scissors tool, and there seems to be no way to DELETE a point/node? You can just move them? No matter what key-combination I use, I only come up with the "+" (plus sign) for adding a point or the cross (move sign) for moving points.

Is there no delete mode for the Scissors tool? There's a tricky part of my image and trying to move points often adds another point by mistake, and then I end up with a gazillion points, and trying to move them around to the right places is nightmarish. So then I have to keep starting over, argh.

I checked the manual, and there's a delete mode for the Paths tool, but not Scissors????

On December 24, 2007, A said...

Try Ctrl+K to delete or Ctrl+X to cut (if you want to paste it later).

On December 24, 2007, A said...

Help! I just discovered GIMP about two days ago. I am trying to learn how to cut out an object in a photo. I can get as far as selecting the object with the scissors, but then I don't know what to do to cut it out? I hit delete but nothing happens. Would someone help me with this? As you can probably already tell, I am very new in using photo editing software.

On December 23, 2007, A said...

Osaka - I had the same problem at first, but I think I have it figured out now. The last part of step three says to click just inside the perimeter to turn it into a selection. For me, if I don't click in just the right place, it adds another point rather than changing it to a selection. I can find just the right location to click by watching the pointer. While making the points, the pointer is an arrowhead, with the scissor icon below it and a cross next to arrowhead. When I'm in the right location to make the selection, the cross disappears. Sorry I don't know how to explain this more clearly, but I hope it makes sense.

On September 29, 2007, A said...

Everything is cool until step 3. When I "click inside the perimeter" the perimeter disappears. All the tutorials I've tried break down at this point. Sometimes they say, "Now convert it into a selection", but none explain how to do this. Any ideas on how to convert the perimeter into a selection as it appears in the bottom picture?

On June 23, 2007, A said...

thank you!! was wondering how to do that