apply the filler to the whole image except the selection - is there any fast way to do?

Re:apply the filler to the whole image except the selection - is there any fast way to do? (Support)

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:23:24 GMT

Leopold,
it is very easy to do in the current version 7:

1. Select an area, either rectangular, freehand, or draw a shape (e.g. circle) and right-click to convert it to selection.
2. Click "Copy" button to copy this selection, then click on the image, but outside of selection, to cancel this selection.
3. Now apply the filter you want, e.g. mosaic, to the whole image, as there is no selection at the moment.
4. Press Ctrl+V or any other button/key combination to paste what you copied in step 2. It copies _exactly_ at the same position it was originally at. You have your effect as you wanted.

Make sure you use the latest v7 of HyperSnap for this. Here is what I just did - I used brightness control to dim the entire image except the circle in the middle:

Greg

apply the filler to the whole image except the selection - is there any fast way to do? (leopoldus)

Sat, 12 May 2012 08:18:36 GMT

Quite often If need to apply some image tool or filter, say, Mosaic, Black-White or rotation, to the whole image excepting the selection in the middle of the image. I've tried, bit was not able to find any reasonable way to do it. Well, you can copy/move the selection outside of the canvas (or even to another window) and then put it back after the filter is applied, but moving it there and back wastes much time and besides it is quite tricky to put this part back exactly on the same location. Is there any easier way to do the thing?
If there is no, could you Greg consider adding a such option?

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Exact HyperSnap version in use (from Help/About menu): 7.15.01
Windows version in use: XP SP-2