[Gimp-developer] easier way to convert image into selection

[David Gowers]

When I am doing this by hand, I do the following:

1. Copy the image/layer (as in Edit->Copy)
2. Enter QMask mode
3. Paste the copied data into the QMask
4. Anchor the floating layer created by pasting.
5. Exit QMask

If the edge-detection algorithym you're using only cares about overall
intensity (greylevel) rather than color (RGB), you could even perform the
edge-detection while you were in QMask mode.
So, maybe this is what you want:
1. Copy the original data
2. Enter QMask mode
3. Paste and Anchor.
4. Edge-detect.
5. Exit QMask mode.
If the edge-detection algorithym does work properly on the grey version of
the image, this method will be the easiest + quickest.

Doing it automatically as part of a plugin is somewhat different: I Named
Copy the image/layer, Named Paste it into a new channel, Load the new
channel using gimp-selection-load PDB function, and finally delete the
buffer that was created by Named Copy.

Take your pick.

On 9/15/06, Alexander Rabtchevich <alexander.v.rabtchevich at iaph.bas-net.by>
wrote:
>
> Some plug-ins (edge detection for example) provide images as a result.
> If their result is required as a selection, I new only one way to make
> it: create layer mask, copy the image into the mask and convert the mask
> into selection. Is there a shorter way to do it?
>
> More common question: maybe it worth improving such plug-ins with an
> option "Create selection"?
>
> --
> With respect
> Alexander Rabtchevich
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