Cropping a circle

Pete wrote in
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I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

Cropping is only square, sorry.

It is currently a square.

And it will stay that way in the conceivable future.

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

Crop close to the circle, then delete the area you wish to be transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

What should I use.

Save it in Gif format (Save for Web option).

I tried the magic wand.

Inverse the selection, cut and paste. Turn off the visibility of the lower layer and Save for Web.

Which highlighted the outer, but I was not
able to crop.

Nor will you be able to.

any suggestions?

First save the photoshop file in case you need to come back to it later, then:

1) Use the circular marquee tool to draw a circle around your image.
2) Press Ctrl + J (copy the selection to new layer)
3) Ctrl + D (de-select the circle)
4) Delete the original background
5) Save image as a .Gif file.
Gif files support transparancy and can be any shape. Jpeg files are opaque and need to be rectangular.
You could also try feathering the selection in Step 1 so your image would blend in with the html background for a better efffect.

Hope this helps.

"Pete" wrote in message

I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

It is currently a square.

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

What should I use.

I tried the magic wand. Which highlighted the outer, but I was not able to crop.

any suggestions?

in article , Pete at
wrote on 04/19/2004 7:38 PM:

I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

any suggestions?

Hire someone to do it for you.

—
Mike

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Put some fun in your next logo!

Site at: http://www.artistmike.com

Pete wrote:

*I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

It is currently a square.

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

What should I use.

I tried the magic wand. Which highlighted the outer, but I was not able to crop.

any suggestions? *

If the name of the layer on the layer palette is "-Background-" yo should start by double clicking the layer it’s on to make it a norma layer rather than a "background" layer. This way when you delete any o the layer it won’t be filled in by the background colour on the toolba swatches. If it’s something like "Layer 0" then you don’t need to worr about this step.

Get your rulers up on the document (Ctrl+R (PC)/Cmd+R (Mac)) then dra a horizontal and a vertical guide from the rulers onto the centre o your circle. The guides won’t print, or be save in the image, and i you want to see the image without them just press Ctrl+; (PC)/ Cmd+ (Mac). Pressing this key combination toggles the guides on and off.

Go to the marquee tool (dotted square) on the Toolbar and click an hold until the menu flies out its other options for this tool. Choos the oval marquee then position your cursor over the point where you two guides meet (should be the very centre of your circle). Hold dow Shift+Alt (Mac and PC) and click and drag out towards the edges of you circle. This will draw a perfect circle (Shift does this) using you starting point as the centre (and Alt does this). Release the mous button before you take your fingers off the keyboard. If it isn’t perfect circle just use the Alt key.

Now invert your selection (Select > Inverse or Ctrl+Shift+ (PC)/Cmd+Shift+i(Mac)) and press Ctrl+X (PC)/Cmd+X (Mac) to cut out th surround.

Create a new layer and put it behind the layer you’ve just been workin on, then fill it with the colour of your webpage. File > Save For Web Choose JPEG at 60%. Though a GIF supports transparency it will give yo a very jagged outline on curves. This method (Choose JPEG…) wil output a rectangular image, but with the background will be the colou you desire

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Anyone but you….

Thanks for your insight

"Mike…" …

in article , Pete at
wrote on 04/19/2004 7:38 PM:

I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

any suggestions?

Hire someone to do it for you.

Thanks!

Worked perfect

Eric Gill …

Pete wrote in
news::

I have a circle shape object I would like to crop

Cropping is only square, sorry.

It is currently a square.

And it will stay that way in the conceivable future.

I would like to crop the corners of the circle so they are transparent.

Crop close to the circle, then delete the area you wish to be transparent.

This would leave a circle object complete, with the corners transparent to use my HTML background color.

What should I use.

Save it in Gif format (Save for Web option).

I tried the magic wand.

Inverse the selection, cut and paste. Turn off the visibility of the lower layer and Save for Web.

Which highlighted the outer, but I was not
able to crop.

Nor will you be able to.

any suggestions?

in article , Pete at
wrote on 04/22/2004 6:12 AM:

Anyone but you….

I did not suggest that you hire me. Learn to read.

":^) ®

Mike… wrote:

in article , Pete at
wrote on 04/22/2004 6:12 AM:

Anyone but you….

I did not suggest that you hire me. Learn to read.

":^) ?

My my my. An ungracious person getting some back and
not liking it…

If you can’t take the response, don’t post the post.

—- Paul J. Gans

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 08:53:55 -0700
in alt.graphics.photoshop
"Mike…" muttered something like this:

in article , Pete at
wrote on 04/22/2004 6:12 AM:

Anyone but you….

I did not suggest that you hire me. Learn to read.

":^) ®

No, don’t hire someone for something this simple. And definitely don’t hire this dick.

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http://www.0utpatient.com
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in article c69ov1$o4h$
wrote on 04/22/2004 5:45 PM:

An ungracious person getting some back and
not liking it…

If you can’t take the response, don’t post the post.

Those responses are just so much
Blah Blah Blah.

But it is fun to play with goofballs like you though.

":^) ®

in article , OuTpaTienT at
wrote on 04/22/2004 7:53 PM:

don’t hire me, I am a dick.

Ok.

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:08:45 -0700
in alt.graphics.photoshop
Aratzio muttered something like this:

in article , OuTpaTienT at
wrote on 04/22/2004 7:53 PM:

don’t hire me, I am a dick.

Ok.

Thank you for having the good sense to see who’s in the right and who’s in the wrong here. You must be a very smart man and proud of your keen observational skills.

in article , OuTpaTienT at
wrote on 04/22/2004 9:31 PM:

I see you are in the right and
I’m in the wrong here.

Good, now move on.