Unit+2+Photo+Edition

__Paste as new:__ The paste as new tool creates a new image in Gimp and pastes the image data into it. media type="file" key="Save as new tutorial.wmv" width="300" height="300"

__Crop:__ The crop tool is used to cut and delete any part of the image you don’t want. This tool may be useful when there is a part of an image you would want to cut. You can remove edges from any image or layer.media type="file" key="crop tool_0001.wmv" width="300" height="221"

__Magic Wand:__ The magic wand/fuzzy selection tool is used to select a contiguous region of a layer or photo which has only one color in the background.

__Rectangular selection:__ The rectangular selection tool is used to select a rectangular area. This tool may be useful when having a rectangular picture, or a rectangular figure. This tool is very different from the circular selection tool because the circular tool will have a selection in the form of a circle, while the rectangular tool will have a selection in the form of a rectangle.

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__Circular selection:__ The circular selection tool is used to select circular areas. If may be useful when you want to change the shape of a picture from rectangular shape to a circular shape.

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__Merge Picture:__ You can merge a picture by joining two or more images together to create a single image. You merge them by using a mask layer and using the gradient tool to fade away parts of the image. media type="file" key="Merge picture tutorial.wmv" width="300" height="300"

__Hand drawn region selection tool:__ This tool is also called the free selection tool, it lets you make a selection by making free-hand points around the image that you want to select, while holding down the left mouse button. When you are done making your points, you close it by connecting the current point to the beginning point. media type="file" key="Free selection tool tutorial.wmv" width="300" height="300"

__Save pictures with transparent backgrounds:__ If you want to save a picture with a transparent background you must first only select the image. You may de this with the help of the magic wand of manually selection the image around its borders. Once you’ve selected the image, cut the image and pasted in a new transparent layer. Save the image as a .png. A window will appear, select the Flatten Image. Then click on export. A new window will appear, make sure the option “Save background color” is NOT with a check. Finally click save. You’re image is now ready to be used in another file.

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