>Not if you are changing the proportions of the image as a whole: The >moon will change to conform to the new aspect ratio. But you can >scale >the source image to your desired height or width, keeping the original >aspect ratio, then crop the image to the desired width or height. Try >it both ways (scale the smaller image to 1920 width, and see if it can >be cropped to suit your purpose. > >Another thing to try: Use the Tool Options dialog to manually set >"Allow growing." Manually set the height and width of your crop >selection to the desired size, which will extend beyond the original >(1024 x 768) image boundary. Then set Fixed Aspect ratio in the crop >tool dialog. Now you can play with the crop area freely by clicking >and >dragging the corners and edges, to make it fit around whatever parts >of >the original image you want to keep. Crop the image, and scale it up >to >your target dimensions. > >:o)
Thanks to all for the input, but since there was like 'zero' negative space for the image, cropping of any sort didn't really work. What I ended up doing was selecting the moon with the 'elliptical' tool (from the new 1920 x 1080 image) then copying and pasting it into a 'new' file. From here I created a circular moon to my liking. I then copied and pasted it over top of the existing 'ovalish' moon in my 1920 x 1080 image. With some cloning of the surrounding areas to get rid of the 'oval' moon remnants, I completed the image. It is now a 1920 x 1080 image with a circular moon, and ready for a my desktop as a wallpaper. It works, I guess. I'm sure the other parts of the image are stretched also, but I can live with those, I guess. Seems like there should be a way to do this, what seems to be a somewhat simple task. I've heard of .svg (scaleable vector graphics) files that supposedly allow for changing image size while keeping everything the same within the image, but I have no experience with such files. Here are my before and after images. Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/525/original/HALLOWEEN_TRICK_OR_TREATERS____1920_x_1080__ALTERED_JUST_THE_MOON_SHAPE_.jpg -- fenpeppertree (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
