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List:       gimp-user
Subject:    Re: intelligent scissors less intelligent than before?
From:       Scott Goehring <scott () poverty ! bloomington ! in ! us>
Date:       1998-06-28 11:48:11
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"Eff" == Eff Jot <fj@metropolis.hades.nil> writes:

Eff> Some time ago I stumbled across the Gimp (a quite old version).
Eff> I liked the intelligent scissors very much, because they did a
Eff> real good job in selecting shapes in e.g. photographs.  In Gimp
Eff> 1.0.0., the scissors even fail to snap closely to a simple black
Eff> rectangle on white background.  I tried fiddling with Curve
Eff> Resolution, Edge Detect Threshold and Elasticity, but didn't
Eff> manage to cleanly select the thing (not to mention ``real-life''
Eff> shapes).  Am I missing something?

No, 1.0 "intelligent" scissors are kinda dumb.  However, "lobotomized
scissors" doesn't look as good in the dialog.

(I think someone is hoping to fix this, but I shouldn't hold my
breath if I were you.)

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