Quote Originally Posted by Bayonet_Chris View Post
1. Is there any way to calculate area in a freehand/lasso selection?
In photoshop there is, i don't know if Gimp has replicated this feature.

When something is selected, the histogram palette has a little item at the bottom "Pixels: 12345" (or whatever number is appropriate). If there's a "!" in a triangle symbol in the upper right corner, you must click on it to make it finish calculating the total pixels.