Expert: Huma Riaz - 12/7/2007

Question
Dear Riaz huma I want to know hot to crop a image with a shape.Example:I have a picture where there is car,buildings,people.market.So I want to crop the car only how to do this.Please Reply me quickly.

Answer
To make it straight, you have to make a selection first then export in some format that it come out as a cutout,


i.e. for printing purpose the saving format is EPS with clipping path option ON ( make path and make it clipping in Path's window)

For screen use (email, presentation etc.), use transparent GIF option (1. make selection 2. Inverse (Crtl+ Alt + I) 3. Delete (your layer should not be a background layer, double click layer to make it ‘layer 0’) 4. Save it as File > ‘Save for web’. 5. Select Transparent GIF option in save for web window.

Maybe in preview you cannot see the around area except a white page. But to check your file paste it on some different color background.

Feel free to ask anything further


Huma Riaz
Location: Karachi-Pakistan