Darkened area outside selection? Is it possible to do?

[JaLonek]

Hello everybody.
While making selection is it possible to have outside area a little bit darker than inside?
Somethin like on the picture that follows

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Not as far as I know. You would have to do it in two stages — darken the whole photo, then lighten the selection using Gamma correction (Shift G).

[JaLonek]

No you don't understand. I don't want it like an effect but like a part of tool "crop selection"
Just to not disturb the eye with rest (not selected) area while I'm cropping .

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

The answer is still, "No."

[Frank]

That's right! With IrfanView it's not possible!
But you can use PhotoFiltre for this job!

see: TokBlog → "Colorkey mit PhotoFiltre"