Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
Just so you know, you're not the only one wondering about this. I just stumbled accross this website while searching for an answer to the very same problem. I'm trying to cut out a small circular image from a larger photo to use as an accent image on a website. I actually need to do this many, many times, so I'm willing to learn how to do it the proper way. Heh. The help file included with GIMP isn't very...helpful. I'm computer-savvy, but totally unfamiliar with this particular software. View this message in context: Re: Cutout and paste (Newbie question) Sent from the Gimp User forum at Nabble.com. ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
RE: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
Thanks Harish, -Original Message- From: Harish Narayanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 05 January 2006 04:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question) Gert Blij wrote: Basically what I said was that while the rectangular select works fine, all the others don't. When I select with Oval, Hand draw or Intelligent scissors, the cut from the Gimp looks perfect, but when I paste into OpenOffice Writer it is always a rectangular picture the width and height being the outer most points of the cut. It all makes it pretty useless for what I need it for. Would you know of a way of getting this right? You could try this, though it's a bit of a kludgey workaround :). 1. Make sure the layer you are working with has an alpha channel (Right click the layer in the layers dialog-Add alpha channel). 2. After making the selection (oval, scissors, or whatever), invert the selection. (Cntrl-I or Menu-Select-Invert) 3. Cut everything else out (Cntrl-X). Now these regions will all be transparent, leaving only what you want. 4. Invert the selection again (Cntrl-I) returning to your original selection. 5. Copy that (Cntrl-C) and try pasting it. Even if it pastes a rectangular bounding box, everything other than what you want will not show. I tried that, but it doesn't work. Although The Gimp clearly shows the cut out as an oval, with the rest of the picture gone, when I copy and paste it into OOo Writer it pastes as a rectangular picture (i.e. *not* a rectangular bounding box with an oval picture), with borders the size of the outermost points of the oval. Cheers Gert ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
Gert Blij wrote: Basically what I said was that while the rectangular select works fine, all the others don't. When I select with Oval, Hand draw or Intelligent scissors, the cut from the Gimp looks perfect, but when I paste into OpenOffice Writer it is always a rectangular picture the width and height being the outer most points of the cut. It all makes it pretty useless for what I need it for. Would you know of a way of getting this right? You could try this, though it's a bit of a kludgey workaround :). 1. Make sure the layer you are working with has an alpha channel (Right click the layer in the layers dialog-Add alpha channel). 2. After making the selection (oval, scissors, or whatever), invert the selection. (Cntrl-I or Menu-Select-Invert) 3. Cut everything else out (Cntrl-X). Now these regions will all be transparent, leaving only what you want. 4. Invert the selection again (Cntrl-I) returning to your original selection. 5. Copy that (Cntrl-C) and try pasting it. Even if it pastes a rectangular bounding box, everything other than what you want will not show. Of course, save the original image elsewhere in case you do something inadvertently. Harish ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
This would work only for formats, that support transparency - gif, png. Others would replace transparency with white, or with background colour. On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 16:56:08 +0200, Harish Narayanan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gert Blij wrote: Basically what I said was that while the rectangular select works fine, all the others don't. When I select with Oval, Hand draw or Intelligent scissors, the cut from the Gimp looks perfect, but when I paste into OpenOffice Writer it is always a rectangular picture the width and height being the outer most points of the cut. It all makes it pretty useless for what I need it for. Would you know of a way of getting this right? You could try this, though it's a bit of a kludgey workaround :). 1. Make sure the layer you are working with has an alpha channel (Right click the layer in the layers dialog-Add alpha channel). 2. After making the selection (oval, scissors, or whatever), invert the selection. (Cntrl-I or Menu-Select-Invert) 3. Cut everything else out (Cntrl-X). Now these regions will all be transparent, leaving only what you want. 4. Invert the selection again (Cntrl-I) returning to your original selection. 5. Copy that (Cntrl-C) and try pasting it. Even if it pastes a rectangular bounding box, everything other than what you want will not show. Of course, save the original image elsewhere in case you do something inadvertently. Harish ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
Gert Blij wrote: Hi, I am (very) new to The Gimp and not a graphic designer. I just want to use some basic stuff and I am getting into it quite nicely. However, for the life of me I can't find something that I reckon is very basic. I want to cut out part of an image (rectangular, round or oval, polygon, etc) and copy and paste it to somewhere else. How do I do that? For example: First tool on toolbox (main gimp window) is rectangle select. Draw rectangular selection on picture. 'Edit' menu Copy Switch to target image 'Edit' menu Paste Into HTH Andrew ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Cutout and paste (Newbie question)
Gert Blij wrote: I want to cut out part of an image (rectangular, round or oval, polygon, etc) and copy and paste it to somewhere else. How do I do that? The instructions Andrew provided will work nicely within the same image window or multiple images within the GIMP. Unfortunately, if you are attempting to copy a selection in the GIMP and paste it elsewhere (for instance, an oval portion of an image into a Word document or something), it will most probably not work. As far as I know, this is very dependent on the actual platform and applications involved. I only say this because I want to clarify what you mean by 'paste it somewhere else'. Harish ___ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
