![]() ![]() This is for personal use only, otherwise I would just give you the files I made but that would be uncool since these freebies promote the designers business and drive traffic to their blogs. The files still belong to the original creator, that means you cannot share them or sell them without permission. Don’t forget to leave some love if you download, a simple thanks will do and it is sure to make her day! Halloween mask freebie by Merdith FenwickĪ note about converting files. They are a freebie from Digi-Designer Meredith Fenwick and you can grab them on her blog here. Here are the free png mask files I used for this project. Here is what my 4 year old daughter made with what I cut: Ooh-La-La, a fancy mask! You will need Sure Cuts a Lot (SCAL) Software, a Cricut and a free program called Inkscape for this tutorail. Don’t worry, I did not forget my non SCAL/Cricut readers you can do this project “old school” with paper and scissors and you digi-scrappers can play as well!. Expect to say “duh!” before this post is over. Not that I don’t LOVE the emails, I thought it would be easier to explain it here with pictures because it is so easy. Now you can adjust the crop with the handles that appear in the corners.Huh? OK we are getting a bit techie today but I swear this is easy! I get many emails form my fabulous blog readers on how to convert jpg and png files to svg files so they can cut them on the Cricut.Select it and navigate to Object>Pattern>Objects to Pattern.Note in both clipping and masking you can crop the photo using several shapes at once by grouping these shapes, then placing the group on top of the image, then perform the clipping or masking.Ĭropping an Image by Turning It to a Patternīoth clipping and masking don’t allow for much control, for example what if you want to adjust the area you are cropping? It is not convenient to undo and then redo, pattern gives you that power without the hassle of undoing and redoing, and here is how to create a pattern from an image: Any grey color blocks the image depending on how dark that grey is, so darker the grey the more invisible the image becomes.Contrary to that any black color completely blocks the image, and thus that portion doesn’t appear after you apply the mask.Any white color (whether a fill or a stroke color) permits the underlying image to be completely visible.This method works exactly like clipping, but with more features you can add gradients and blur to modify how you crop an image yet there are a few things to take into account: Use the pen tool to draw a custom shape, this method is often used to remove the background, you draw an outline or a silhouette of your shape, then apply the clipping. Draw a shape on top (it has to be on top in order to clipping to work the way you intended to) of your image, in this step you can draw whatever shape you like, even draw an entirely new shape using the pen tool.įirst write some text, then convert that to a path by selecting it and navigating to Path>Object to Path, then apply the same steps as above.This method uses cookie-cutter style, you place your image ( dough), then a shape on top of it ( cookie-cutter), clip to get your output ( your cookie). ![]() Cropping an Image Using Clippingįirst you place your image in the canvas, then create a shape that you’d like your image to be framed accordingly. ![]() We will discuss these methods further, but note these methods not only apply for raster graphics, but also for vector graphics as well. Pattern: this gives you more control of what portion you would like to crop.Masking: this method works in a similar way to clipping but gives you more feature, for example you can mask using a blurred shape, or even another with a gradient applied.Clipping: a fancy word for cutting a shape or a path not only from images but also other objects.Inkscape is a vector graphics editor, but it has some basic raster image manipulation capabilities, and in this article, we will explore some methods to crop an image, just like what we can do in a raster image program like Photoshop or GIMP.īasically, there are 3 methods we can apply to get a perfect crop: ![]()
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