frame a pic ??

[billray]

I am an old user and like irfanview.

We want to crop an oval or parobola around a portrait and can not find the way to do it. Can someone point us in the right way?

ps Couldnt find it in fotoshop either. Thank you.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

IrfanView is not the best tool for this. I am sure PhotoShop would do a much better job.
It is possible in IV by using the IrfanPaint plugin, but not such a simple process as it would be in the right program.

• Open the plugin (F12)
• Draw the ellipse
• Use floodfill outside the ellipse to paint it white or whatever
• Save as PNG with transparency.

IV only support 24-bit transparent PNG — really, to get a good result you need to fade the edge or drop shadow using alpha transparency.

The attached image was done very easily using PagePlus. The free version isn't quite up to the job as it doesn't support export as picture. If you have PhotoShop, then you should learn how to use that. IrfanView is just an image viewer.

[Frank]

Or try PhotoFiltre!
(Click here to download the english version of PhotoFiltre in zip format!)

See my sample files using a picture of Charles Darwin!

[billray]

Viele Dank fur ihren Aufmerksamkeit.................................... ..............

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[Frank]

"eliminate the outside corners" using transparency

Hello billray,

Here comes my answer on your PM!

... How do we keep only the inside the elipse image as a saved image for later use and eliminate the "outside corners?

You can't eliminate the "outside corners!
Each picture is a rectangle and/or it has four corners!

But you can make the outside corners transparent!
In PhotoFiltre you can use the function "Transparent color..."!
Finally you must save the resulting image in PNG or GIF formats (because only these format support transparency)!

See again my sample files using the picture of Charles Darwin!


regards
Frank

[billray]

Frank. Meine Dame Hausfrau sagst Sehr Viele Dank und Sie hast sehr gefallen erfreuen. Billray

[pjdavelaar]

[/list]IV only support 24-bit transparent PNG — really, to get a good result you need to fade the edge or drop shadow using alpha transparency.

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How can I fade the edge or use a drop shadow in IV?

[Mij]

You can apply a variety of frames in Irfanview using Adobe 8bf filters. For an oval frame try Border mania and choose the Rings filter.

[kepu]

oval frame irfanview

here you can find simple and full instructions to create oval image or frame
in irfanview:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7310375_make-picture-oval-using-irfanview.html

and you can use for example white as border color for remove corners, easy !