Gimp
 

hi guys,
am new to the linux family and am gettin used.now i was using Gimp but i kind of failed how to remove a picture en put it in another other image.
i just want 2 cut out a person then insert him into another picture.
hop to get a reply soon
thanx

Select the person from the image, then do a Cut (ctrl-x), then open the other image, choose Paste (ctrl-v) and from the Layers palette click the "new layer" button to insert it on a new layer so it's easier to deal with.

Don't forget to try Gimpshop, which is basically a Gimp arranged to look like Photoshop, if you've used it before..

It is *slightly* more involved than that -- if the user doesn't know how to select the person from the image, then your instructions won't be much help.

My preferred technique is more complex, but produces better results...

Start by drawing a select area around the person using the lassoo tool, leaving a small margin, then invert the selection and use 'cut' to remove the rest of the image. Then zoom in, and use the eraser tool to rub out the remaining bits of the background around the person. I usually adjust the eraser's transparency a bit to help blend the images together, and when you paste into the new picture, use the script-fu 'fade to outline' tool as well; it's very effective.

Yes, it is a lot more work than just selecting around the person and cutting and pasting, but the end result is usually much better.

Hope that helps :)

Perhaps I assumed too much by thinking this "user" would know that if (quote) "I just want 2 cut out a person then insert him into another picture", it means cutting a specified area, which means it needs to be selected first. For a total newbie with image-editing it would be a good idea to read some of the basic documentation of Gimp's first, and I usually assume people try to look for the answer by themselves before calling it out here; if an application has a "Help" menu, I assume people know how to click on it before they come here. I'm sorry if I really am mistaken; perhaps the whole answer should have started from how you start Gimp in the first hand.

Your method, however, is quite rude; it would be, if not easier, then at least as easy as that, to first draw the selection with lasso tool (like you said), but instead of the rude rubber, click the small box at the left bottom corner of the image window that puts the selection mask on, then paint the selection with a dithered brush, and once the person is painted (or the environment outside the person, if you wish), re-click the small box I told about and then do the cutting. That way you'll get (well I get anyway) a much better result than using a brutal rubber tool, and it really is not any more difficult than that.

Anyway, the person was asking how to cut a portion of an image and put it in another image. The answer is quite straight-forward. Not that your answer, Spudley, would be bad (instead it's quite good), but if the user don't know how to select the person from the image it's about time to read the Help documents through, maybe even some documentation at Gimp website.

Yeah... hehe... I got a bit carried away there, didn't I? :p


[I assume you meant 'crude' rather than 'rude', right? ;)]

The rubber isn't that bad; if you use the transparency setting carefully, you can get quite good blending results. But I'll try your way too... it sounds good. I'm pretty much self-taught with Gimp, so I'm always eager to try something new.

Thanks :)

No, I did mean "rude", we (me and the rubber) just don't get along :) that's my opinion about it. Anyway, as I said, I have got better results with the selection mask. That way you can use all the drawing tools to affect the created selection, so you'll have multiple ways of doing and affecting the selection, not just transparency and the size of the rubber.