Object is not an image when Crop command

Wilhelm Sanke sanke at hrz.uni-kassel.de
Mon May 10 16:32:34 EDT 2010


JosepM jmyepes at mac.com wrote:


> OK. Now is imported into imagedata, but now say that is not a 
> rectangle... :(
> buf...
>
> It's posible to export or copy a portion of the image but with a irregular
> shape? 


and Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com answered:


> Recently, Devin Asay wrote:
>
> > Crop only works with a rectangle. There may be others on the list 
> who have
> > figured out how to use an irregular shape as an image mask.
>
> You can't.  You can only group the graphic and image and use combined ink
> effects.  Very limiting.  You can see the Spotlight demo on this page 
> as an
> example:
> <http://www.tactilemedia.com/site_files/software/tutorials.html>



Hello Joseph,

It *is* possible to "export or copy a portion of the image but with a 
irregular
shape".

Check out our stack "More about masks"

<http://www.sanke.org/Software/MoreAboutMasksRev3.zip>

Best regards,

Wilhelm Sanke
<http://www.sanke.org/MetaMedia>




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