"Invert" selection option

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klumy
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"Invert" selection option

Post by klumy »

an option to invert the rectangle selection would be great
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Re: "Invert" selection option

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klumy wrote:an option to invert the rectangle selection would be great
Why, you can only make rectangle for selection?
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Post by klumy »

I am looking for an INVERT option

so I can select the area OUTSIDE from the rectangle ;)
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Post by helmut »

klumy wrote:I am looking for an INVERT option

so I can select the area OUTSIDE from the rectangle ;)
At the moment, XnView supports only rectangular selections. This is why you cannot invert selections in XnView (inverting a rectangle makes a rectangle with a whole in it).