> On Wed, 2005-06-08 at 08:08, 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?
>
> Copy your eliptical selection and paste it into a new image. Make sure
> you select a transparent background for you new image.
>
Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried and tried to copy and paste it
into a new image. When I select "File > New" I get a menu of all sorts of
options that I don't understand and nothing seems to work. I'll look into
transparant backgrounds when I get home.

> You can also feather the selection to give it a fade-out appearance.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Imagine a printed photograph. Now place a transparent piece of plastic
> over that photo. You can write on the plastic and it appears as if you
> wrote on the photo.
>
> Layer's work in a similar fashion. The enable you to modify the image,
> while preserving the original state of the image.
>
> I can do frames, but my technique is clumsy at best. If anyone else
> knows how, please speak up.
>
> FWIW, I found a book at Fry's (but I've also seen it at Barne's &
> Nobel). It's part of the "Visual Quickstart Guide" series.
>
> This book has been very helpful when I work with gimp.
>
> Bart
>
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