Arthur T. wrote:
> In Message-ID:<cVOYj.37607$iD4.1475@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gautam Majumdar <gmajumdar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> EW wrote:
>>
>>> GIMP is great, but......... the cropping function is not very
customer-
>>> friendly. Here's the question:
>>> I open an image, select the "ellipse selection tool" and mouse out an
>>> oval part of the image. Now I have the original image with an oval
>>> dotted area of the image that I want to keep. How do I just keep and
>>> save ONLY the oval area selected by the ellipse selection tool?? This
>>> should be easy, but I can't figure it out!
>>> Please comment. Thanks.
>>> EW
>> Using dropdown menus and mouse
>>
>> Image -> Crop to selection -> File -> Save
>>
>> or if you want to keep the original image as well
>>
>> Edit -> Copy -> Paste -> Paste as a new image -> File -> Save
>
> I believe neither of those will work for other than a
> rectangular selection. As near as I can tell, all layers and
> images are rectangular and can't be cropped to other shapes.
> (Before responding, earlier, I had tried your first technique.)
>
Yes, but they can have an alpha channel qui makes them transparent
outside the ellipse.
--
Bertrand
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