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Bill Stock - 28 May 2005 17:55 GMT

Is there any free/cheap software that will crop irregular shapes (cat)
without too much manual effort? I thought it might be fun to do some "Smokey
does the Grand Canyon" shots, ala Godzilla.

TIA

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Ted Davis - 29 May 2005 01:44 GMT

>Is there any free/cheap software that will crop irregular shapes (cat)
>without too much manual effort? I thought it might be fun to do some "Smokey
>does the Grand Canyon" shots, ala Godzilla.

You didn't identify your operating system, and that makes a
difference. However, you might look at Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation
Program)- it's free, open source, and available for Unix/Linux,
Windows, and OS-X. It may be a bit much though - it competes with
PhotoShop and other very high end image packages.
<http://www.gimp.org/> and <http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/>

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Bill Stock - 29 May 2005 04:40 GMT

>>Is there any free/cheap software that will crop irregular shapes (cat)
>>without too much manual effort? I thought it might be fun to do some
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> PhotoShop and other very high end image packages.
> <http://www.gimp.org/> and <http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/>

Thanks Ted,

I was playing with GIMP a bit. My lame attempt can be seen here:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/will_stock/detail?.dir=/8c08&.dnm=e60b.jpg

I really don't have too much free time. :)

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O J - 29 May 2005 02:22 GMT

>Is there any free/cheap software that will crop irregular shapes (cat)
>without too much manual effort? I thought it might be fun to do some "Smokey
>does the Grand Canyon" shots, ala Godzilla.

It will crop and insert shapes. Don't know if it will pick out
irregular objects. It's free. Try Irfanview
http://www.irfanview.com/

At the very least, it's a bargain.

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Regards and Purrs,
O J

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Sumkatz - 29 May 2005 04:20 GMT

>Is there any free/cheap software that will crop irregular shapes (cat)
>without too much manual effort? I thought it might be fun to do some "Smokey
>does the Grand Canyon" shots, ala Godzilla.

Have you tried The GIMP (The GNU Image Manipulation Program) which can be
found here:

http://www.gimp.org/

It may be a bit much for what you're looking for but there is a version for
windows if that's what you want.

Miaow

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