Question about paths in GIMP
Well, I've searched for nearly 2 hours now, but didn't find an answer. So, sorry to bother you with such a rather silly question, but I really need to know: Is there a way to connect two anchors of two different paths?
Example:
Can I connect anchor 3 and 6? It's technically one and the same path, as they are both on the same "layer" in the path menu, but I don't seem to get them connected in any way. Is it even possible?
Thanks in advance!
~~Rongar
Not that I know of. I gave up on gimp's path handling for all but the simplest things (and selection->path->stroke path which gives better results than stroke selection). I use inkscape for vector work, including labeling. You can either export pngs from inkscape and import them into gimp, or import the SVG from inkscape into gimp. I prefer the inkscape renderrer so usually go the first way, unless I have a specific need for the paths.
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What I have done when I was faced with this situation was to just click on 6 and then create a new node. Pick that up and lay it right on top of 3. I do not know of a way to create a branch like what you are looking for but if you plan to stroke the path it should look fine doing what I said. Furthermore, if RobA doesn't know how to do it, then it probably isn't there. He's sort of the Gimp expert.
I am usually just happy when my paths work at all.
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Hum, what a bummer! The reason I thought (and hoped) it'd be possible was *this* thread. The branches in the example looked like they were connecting just perfectly. Trying something like that using different paths which I made "connect" by hand gave me a rather shabby result.
Oh well, I'll get over it. Thanks for your reply.
[Edit] Thanks to you as well, Jaxilon. The method you suggested is doing pretty good for most cases, but when it comes to creating rivers using the "tapered stroke along path"-plugin, the result is then more like this:
In a perfect world, the anchors would just friggin' connect.Too bad. Looks like I can't skive off the dirty work.
[Edit-Edit]
Huh, nevermind. It's looking fine, when I reduce the value for "Exponent" in the plugin-GUI. Thanks anyway and sorry for bothering.
~~Rongar
Last edited by Rongar; 01-25-2010 at 10:31 PM.
I guess I didn't read your post fully, Rongar. Paths can not fork.
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Which is a bloody shame, if you ask me. It's not like it wouldn't come in handy at times.Originally Posted by RobA
Someone needs to alert the developers because clearly they don't know much about paths
Well, ok, to be fair it was a road but technically that's still a pathTwo roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference
...Robert Frost "The Road Less Travelled"
One of my favorite poems by the way.
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