There are a lot of decent free tutorials and books that walk you through
step by step on how to perform these types of things.  Check out:

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html

Austin


Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> I've fiddled and searched for hours for an answer to this problem. 
> Maybe someone here knows the GIMP or can tell me where to look.
> 
> I have a square photo of a flower. I have used the elliptical tool to 
> make a circle around the flower, inside the square perimeter of the 
> picture. The part of the picture outside the circle is unneeded 
> background. If I click the quickmask button that area turns red. I 
> want to save the contents of the circle and remove or crop-out the 
> masked area. 
> 
> What I want to end up with is a round, cameo-shaped photo. How do I 
> accomplish that? 
> 
> I'd like to do more to it, like put a picture-frame effect around it, 
> but I don't understand even the basics of layers. At this point I'm 
> willing to pay some $$ for a little one-on-one tutorial. Would anyone 
> be willing to let me email them the photo and talk me through some 
> basic steps over the phone? If so, write to me off-list.
> 
> Thanks!
> Siri Amrit
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