Compositing/croping question - Printable Version +- Gimp-Forum.net (https://www.gimp-forum.net) +-- Forum: GIMP (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-GIMP) +--- Forum: General questions (https://www.gimp-forum.net/Forum-General-questions) +--- Thread: Compositing/croping question (/Thread-Compositing-croping-question)

Compositing/croping question - FlipTopBin - 06-25-2018 Using version 2.8 still but can upgrade if it will make things easier: I am trying to add though bubbles to pictures and have found a nice bubble png I can put on top of my pictures and that works fine. The next step is to insert another picture into the bubble, so I drop the thought image on top of the bubble to create a new layer: Now I need to crop the thought image to the central area of the bubble image. I can use the color select tool on the bubble layer to get the cropping area but I cannot work out how to crop the thought layer using that selection to trim the legs in this image to the size of the bubble. As soon as I switch to the thought layer the selection area changes. Any help appreciated. RE: Compositing/croping question - rich2005 - 06-25-2018 Not sure what you are doing ie. As soon as I switch to the thought layer the selection area changes Color Select not the best tool for this. You have your background image - the bubble You add a layer on top - something with a transparent background. Make the selection using the background layer, fuzzy select usually works. example: https://i.imgur.com/SNHmZsh.jpg Switch to the layer you want to trim. Invert the selection, Select -> Invert then cut the selection Edit -> Cut example: https://i.imgur.com/94jy9EU.jpg RE: Compositing/croping question - FlipTopBin - 06-25-2018 Thats exactly what I wanted to do. Thanks!