Take circle picture out of image to use

[hendrikbez]

Good Day

I need help with the following I want to learn how to take the middel part out of this screen, and save it on it own
The gold part.

[rich2005]

The question might be "which gold part ?"

There are several Gimp tools that will work, some better than others. You could go round the area using the eraser tool, if carefull get what you want. A step up from that is using a layer mask where painting in the layer mask hides the bit you do not want.
or
Selection tools to draw in a boundary around the required part. There is the scissors tool (not so good) or the free select tool (better) then use the selection to either erase the unwanted bit or copy the required part to a new image.
or
For shapes that are essentially straight lines and smooth curves you can use the paths tool. It has some advantages over a direct selection. Goes like this: https://youtu.be/NDgqhIkHN-8 no audio
or
A mixture of all.

[hendrikbez]

(12-28-2020, 04:44 PM)rich2005 Wrote: The question might be "which gold part ?"

There are several Gimp tools that will work, some better than others. You could go round the area using the eraser tool, if carefull get what you want. A step up from that is using a layer mask where painting in the layer mask hides the bit you do not want.
or
Selection tools to draw in a boundary around the required part. There is the scissors tool (not so good) or the free select tool (better) then use the selection to either erase the unwanted bit or copy the required part to a new image.
or
For shapes that are essentially straight lines and smooth curves you can use the paths tool. It has some advantages over a direct selection.  Goes like this: https://youtu.be/NDgqhIkHN-8  no audio
or
A mixture of all.

It should be the whole gold part that i need, i am going to add  photo in the middel

[rich2005]

Quote:It should be the whole gold part that i need, i am going to add photo in the middel

Photo in the middle. Best way is a layer mask.

Make a circular selection of the bit you want to hide.
Invert the selection
Add a layer mask using the selection Layer -> Mask -> Add layer Mask use the selection option.
Put your photo under the layer.

30 second example: https://i.imgur.com/mhHCREK.mp4

[hendrikbez]

(12-28-2020, 05:44 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

Quote:It should be the whole gold part that i need, i am going to add  photo in the middel

Photo in the middle. Best way is a layer mask.

Make a circular selection of the bit you want to hide.
Invert the selection
Add a layer mask using the selection Layer -> Mask -> Add layer Mask use the selection option.
Put your photo under the layer.

30 second example: https://i.imgur.com/mhHCREK.mp4

Thank you for info, sorry if i was not 100% in telling what i need, i want the whole gold thing to be on it own as it self in circle form, I going to use it for something

[Ofnuts]

https://static.gimp.org/tutorials/CircleImage/

[rich2005]

Quote:... i want the whole gold thing to be on it own as it self in circle form..

Add an alpha channel for transparency Layer -> Transparency -> Add alpha channel
Make a circular selection covering the area you want.
Copy the selection Edit -> Copy
Paste as a new image Edit -> Paste As -> New image
Export the new image as a png to keep any transparency (in corners)

[hendrikbez]

(12-28-2020, 06:05 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

Quote:... i want the whole gold thing to be on it own as it self in circle form..

Add an alpha channel for transparency Layer -> Transparency -> Add alpha channel
Make a circular selection covering the area you want.
Copy the selection Edit -> Copy
Paste as a new image Edit -> Paste As -> New image
Export the new image as a png to keep any transparency (in corners)

Thank you very much, it worked