Hello!
In a photo, I cut out an elliptical or round face.I saved the cutted image as .; "New from clipboard" No problem, the background is now transparent.
But now I want to make the edges of the oval or round image transparent.(then I want to put the result image on another image)
How can I make the edges transparent with Corel Photo Paint (or Corel Draw)?
//Jan
The following steps are what I find to be the best way to get a soft edged elliptical cutout from an image...starting from scratch:
Job's done! At step 5, if the image goes blurred then it means you have the Object selected and not the clip mask. Just click on the clip mask thumbnail in the Object Docker and then apply your blur. By default, when you first create the clip mask it will be active already. Do not click on the Object or the clip mask will lose focus.
I haven't used X3 for a long time, so I hope everything is where I have shown above.
Best regards,Brian.
I know this is an old feed but it did help me out. I only have one question - After you have followed all of these steps is there a special way to save the photo so that the background "stays" transparent? When I try to save - a small window with options comes up for me to choose the "matte" and transparent isn't one of them. So is there a certain format I should be saving in? I keep trying to save it in JPG or PNG. Should I avoid these file types? I want them to be transparent so I can put them against any background I desire.
Saving photopaint files as CPT format is best because that preserves everything that you could possibly do in photopaint. If you need to give it to somebody else, you need a format that supports transparency.
PNG 24 bit and PNG greyscale should work. But I think there are some variants of PNG that do not.
JPG in any format will not preserve transparency -- it is not part of the JPG specification.
Thank you very much. I will try that - I will get back to you after I am done to let you know if I did it right hahah ;)