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crop tilted oval shapes
Is there a simple Windows tool to hand crop tilted oval shapes?
It's easy to crop oval shapes but I need to manually offset the x:y axis to something other than 0:90 degrees for hundreds of simple JPEG image files, each one manually a different crop area and crop angle but all ovals. The background will be filled with a solid color. I would like a fast simple tool if it exists. Otherwise I'll do it in photoshop or gimp if I can figure it out. But both of those tools make simple things almost impossible. I'm hoping there is a good "crop tool" out there that is simple. |
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crop tilted oval shapes
Viking responded at time Tue, 18 Dec 2018 11:15:33 -0700 :
Otherwise I'll do it in photoshop or gimp if I can figure it out. I'm stuck in Photoshop trying to just do the last crop step. Select the Marquis tool set to the oval shape Mouse left to randomly draw any X:Y oval locked to 0:90 degree axes Mouse right inside the oval shape to select the popup "Transform Selection" Mouse left outside the rectangular outline to set the oval X:Y axes Mouse left inside the rectangular outline to position the oval center Mouse left on the edges of the rectangle to determine the oval size This gives me EXACTLY the oval size and axes I want. But I can't crop. Almost all the commands I want are locked out. There must be a secret since 1 out of 100 tries actually works. But in 99 out of 100 tries, I lose everything I've done above. I must be missing a critical step to UNLOCK the crop capability. Alls I want do now is Contol+shift+i & control+x & delete but I can't. All crop commands are locked up exactly when I need them to work. Once I have the x:y axes oval position, why can't I use the crop commands? |
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crop tilted oval shapes
Viking responded at time Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:38:21 -0700 :
Once I have the x:y axes oval position, why can't I use the crop commands? This is the simplest non-90-degree Photoshop oval crop I can figure out. File Open Select the Marquis tool set to the oval shape Mouse left to randomly draw any sized X:Y oval locked to 0:90 degree axes Mouse right on the image to select the popup "Transform Selection" Mouse left outside the rectangular outline to set the oval X:Y axes Mouse left inside the rectangular outline to position the oval center Mouse left on the edges of the rectangle to determine the oval size Now you must apply that transformation. There is no menu (that I can find) that will apply that transformation. If you accidentally mouse left double click on the Marquee tool, it will ask you to "Apply the transformation" & then you select "Apply" Or, if you accidentally mouse left double click inside the selection that also appears to run the "Apply the transformation" command I later found out you can press Control+Enter to apply the transformation which is probably the easiest way to apply the transformation Only once the transformation is applied can you move forward You can tell the transformation is applied because the rectangular box disappears leaving only the off-center non-90-degree oval Enter Contol+shift+i Enter control+x Then use the Photoshop menu for Image Trim OK File Save |
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crop tilted oval shapes
On 12/18/2018 4:17 PM, Viking wrote:
Viking responded at time Tue, 18 Dec 2018 13:38:21 -0700 : Once I have the x:y axes oval position, why can't I use the crop commands? This is the simplest non-90-degree Photoshop oval crop I can figure out. File Open Select the Marquis tool set to the oval shape Mouse left to randomly draw any sized X:Y oval locked to 0:90 degree axes Mouse right on the image to select the popup "Transform Selection" Mouse left outside the rectangular outline to set the oval X:Y axes Mouse left inside the rectangular outline to position the oval center Mouse left on the edges of the rectangle to determine the oval size Now you must apply that transformation. There is no menu (that I can find) that will apply that transformation. If you accidentally mouse left double click on the Marquee tool, it will ask you to "Apply the transformation" & then you select "Apply" Or, if you accidentally mouse left double click inside the selection that also appears to run the "Apply the transformation" command I later found out you can press Control+Enter to apply the transformation which is probably the easiest way to apply the transformation Only once the transformation is applied can you move forward You can tell the transformation is applied because the rectangular box disappears leaving only the off-center non-90-degree oval Enter Contol+shift+i Enter control+x Then use the Photoshop menu for Image Trim OK File Save Try select subject. -- PeterN |
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