Graphics Gale Selection Problem
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Category: The Lounge
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Printed Date: 24 April 2026 at 8:50am
Topic: Graphics Gale Selection Problem
Posted By: kei10
Subject: Graphics Gale Selection Problem
Date Posted: 24 March 2013 at 1:09am
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Greetings Pixeljoint, I'm new and I hope I posted on the right section.
I was trying to look for a better software to make animated sprites, I came across many softwares, I thought of using Photoshop but I decided to give it a go by using Graphicsgale Free-version 1.93.22. Its interface is a bit frustrating, but what's even more frustrating is that I spent hours trying to figure out a problem in that I've searched through many topics which turns out to be irrelevant. What my problem is that I cannot seems able to make the selection stay, I can't get any chance to edit in any selection. Which means, after I clicked the Magic Wand, I added an selection on the editing area, and that's where the problem starts bugging me. If I click other tools like Pen, Bucket, Line, etc, the selection simply disappears. Any idea what's going on? Thanks. |
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Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 24 March 2013 at 7:02pm
| Unfortunately that is simply not a Graphics Gale feature. You might have an easier time keeping things on separate layers. |
Posted By: kei10
Date Posted: 24 March 2013 at 8:26pm
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Originally posted by showtime
Unfortunately that is simply not a Graphics Gale feature. You might have an easier time keeping things on separate layers. I see... Thank you! 
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Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 25 March 2013 at 4:57am
| On the topic of graphics gale, does anyone know if there is a way to flip or mirror a selection in gg? I find it very annoying when I have to open up gimp just to flip one sprite then paste it back in. |
Posted By: AtskaHeart
Date Posted: 25 March 2013 at 9:46am
| Select an area of the image and click on Image > Flip (Horizontal/Vertical). |
Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 25 March 2013 at 8:11pm
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Additionally, you can set up a shortcut for flipping if it's something you do often! I have horizontal flip set as H, it's pretty handy. Just go into File -> Preferences, and from there you can set up custom shortcuts. Didn't realize that for the longest time, and it's made Graphics Gale way more convenient to work with. : ) |
Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 26 March 2013 at 5:36am
| Oh wow, I can't believe I never thought to use the flip buttons while having a selection! Thanks guys! |