This worked like a charm, Patrick. Thanks for the help. Now I have to practice on how to add curved text to the circular graphic. Thanks again.
>On 10/10/2010 12:25 PM, Maureen wrote: >> This is probably old hat for most of you, but I just can't figure out how to >> do this. I have a very nice rectangular jpg graphic that I want to change >> into a circle to be used for a circular sticker application. I created the >> graphic in PSE 8 and have saved the original psd file with the individual >> layers, so I can start from this file instead of the jpg file if it is >> easier. I am using Windows 7. Any help you can give me would be appreciated. >> >> Maureen >> >> >If you want to "cut" a circle out of the middle of it: >1. make sure there is alpha in the image so we can save a square image >that looks like a circle >2. make a circular selection with the ellipse selection tool (hold shift >to ensure a circle) >3. invert the selection, (press ctrl+i) this selects everything but the >circle so we can delete it >4. delete (just press the delete key) >5. invert the selction (ctrl+i again), this selects the circle again >6. crop to selection (Image->Crop to Selection) >7. canvas size to selection (Image->Fit Canvas to Selection) >7b. optionally now, depending on your application, you can feather the >selection to make a more gradual edge. You can play with the number of >pixels and use ctrl+z to undo in between. >8. Save it/Export it with a new name. >Patrick -- Maureen (via gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
