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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>7.12.  Grow</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-plain.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-screen.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="gimp-help-custom.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" href="gimp22.css" type="text/css" title="gimp22" /> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.73.2" /> <link rel="start" href="index.html" title="GNU Image Manipulation Program" /> <link rel="up" href="gimp-imagewindow-menus-select.html" title="7.  The “Select” Menu" /> <link rel="prev" href="gimp-selection-shrink.html" title="7.11.  Shrink" /> <link rel="next" href="gimp-selection-border.html" title="7.13.  Border" /> </head> <body> <div class="navheader"> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"> <tr> <th colspan="3" align="center">7.12.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Grow</span> </th> </tr> <tr> <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-selection-shrink.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td> <th width="60%" align="center">7.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The “<span class="quote">Select</span>” Menu</span> </th> <td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gimp-selection-border.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td> </tr> </table> <hr /> </div> <div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-selection-grow"></a>7.12.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Grow</span> </h3> </div> <div> <div class="revhistory"> <table border="1" width="100%" summary="Revision history"> <tr> <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"> <b>Revision History</b> </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2424 $</td> <td align="left">2006-08-15</td> <td align="left">scb</td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div> <a id="id2689576" class="indexterm"></a> <p> The <span class="guimenuitem">Grow</span> command increases the size of a selection in the current image. It works in a similar way to the <a class="link" href="gimp-selection-shrink.html" title="7.11.  Shrink">Shrink</a> command, which reduces the size of a selection. </p> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id2689612"></a>7.12.1.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activating the Command</span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="itemizedlist"> <ul type="disc"> <li> <p> You can access this command from the image menubar through <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">S</span>elect</span> → <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">G</span>row</span>. </p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id2689658"></a>7.12.2.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en"> Description of the “<span class="quote">Grow Selection</span>” dialog </span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <div class="figure"> <a id="id2689675"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Figure 15.47.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en"> The “<span class="quote">Grow Selection</span>” dialog window </span> </b> </p> <div class="figure-contents"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/menus/selection-grow.png" alt="The Grow Selection dialog window" /> </div> </div> </div> <br class="figure-break" /> <div class="variablelist"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term">Grow selection by</span> </dt> <dd> <p> You can enter the amount by which to increase the selection in the text box. The default unit of measurement is pixels, but you can choose a different unit by using the drop-down menu. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> </div> <div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <div class="titlepage"> <div> <div> <h4 class="title"><a id="id2689734"></a>7.12.3.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">A Peculiarity of Rectangular Selections</span> </h4> </div> </div> </div> <p> When you grow a rectangular selection, the resulting selection has rounded corners. The reason for this is shown in the image below: </p> <div class="figure"> <a id="id2689755"></a> <p class="title"> <b>Figure 15.48.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en"> Why growing a rectangular selection results in rounded corners </span> </b> </p> <div class="figure-contents"> <div class="mediaobject"> <img src="../images/menus/selection-grow-corners.png" alt="Why growing a rectangular selection results in rounded corners" /> <div class="caption"></div> </div> </div> </div> <br class="figure-break" /> <p> If you do not want rounded corners, you can use the <a class="link" href="script-fu-selection-rounded-rectangle.html" title="7.14.  Rounded Rectangle">Rounded Rectangle</a> command with a 0% radius. </p> </div> </div> <div class="navfooter"> <hr /> <table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-selection-shrink.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="u" href="gimp-imagewindow-menus-select.html"> <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" /> </a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="gimp-selection-border.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-selection-shrink.html">7.11.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Shrink</span> </a> </td> <td width="20%" align="center"> <a accesskey="h" href="index.html"> <img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home" /> </a> </td> <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> <a accesskey="n" href="gimp-selection-border.html">7.13.  <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Border</span> </a></td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>