[jacnad]

Hello having having cut out an Item from a photo using a selection tool in Digital Image pro I would like to save the item for future use. can any explain to me how i can do it.
Thank you
Jack Stoddart

[buck52]

not familiar with that program but most work about the same

once the selection is made click edit then copy...then click file then new... then edit then paste...then file then save as

[jacnad]

Thank you... I have yet to try the above but thank you again for your quick reply.
Jack Stoddart

[slipe]

Or inverse the selection and hit the delete key. Then File > Save or File > Save As if you also want to keep the original.

[jacnad]

Slipe
Working with Microsoft Digital image Pro i cannot see how I can inverse the selection.
Are you familiar with this programe? if so can you advise this 76 yr old who has bone rapidly thickening between the ears.
Thank you.
Jack Stoddart

[buck52]

search the help file using "invert" as the keyword...

What version do you have?

[ferrija1]

It is probably something like Ctrl+I or in the Edit menu.

[slipe]

Originally Posted by jacnad

Slipe
Working with Microsoft Digital image Pro i cannot see how I can inverse the selection.
Are you familiar with this programe? if so can you advise this 76 yr old who has bone rapidly thickening between the ears.
Thank you.
Jack Stoddart

I don’t use Digital Image Pro. Most image editors have similar functions – you just find stuff in different places.

Evidently every selection tool has its own dialog box in DIP. The first hit in Google had a tutorial for blurring the background using the edge finder for the selection. It says “Invert” is a choice in the “Edge Finder dialog box”. http://www.firstglimpsemag.com/edito...0y04.asp&guid=

All image editors have a way to invert a selection. Say you have a red ball in the photo and want the ball the only thing in color. It is easier to select the ball than to select everything else. But you don’t want to do anything to the ball, so you invert the selection so everything but the ball is selected. Then convert to B&W and only the ball is left colored.

In your case you want to save everything you have selected. One way to do that is to remove everything that isn’t selected and save the image normally. So you invert the selection and hit the Delete key or however you delete stuff with DIP.

If you save as a JPG or TIFF you will save the blank space around your selection in the background color. If you just want the selection with everything else transparent you normally save as GIF or PNG as the file type. Image files have to be rectangular, but some file types let some parts remain invisible.

[jacnad]

Many thanks,
I have looked at the first glimps site re the above and yes it makes it all clear and very easy to understand .
Thank you.
Jack Stoddart