sssweb - 6:39 pm on Jun 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

Thanks -- yes, the colors are identical.

I don't think GIMP has a tool comparable to the magnet lasso. It has 'intelligent scissors' but I haven't found them to be better than the simple path tool.

Sounds like the easiest thing is to keep doing what I'm doing -- plugging the gaps on a copied layer, and selecting with the wand on that layer.