Crop or Mask Question

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Philip_M._Cole
Feb 12, 2007
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I wish to take a rectangular photo and create an oval matte shape on a red back ground. I’m stuck. The crop tool only crops in a square/rectangle shape. The mask gets me the shape but I can’t get the red background to border or surround the oval shape. The original rectangular photo remains over the red background. Any help appreciated.
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Bernie
Feb 12, 2007
Put the image on its own layer and create a layer mask in the shape of the oval.
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Philip_M._Cole
Feb 12, 2007
Not sure what you mean. If I create a mask in the shape of an oval, it hides the oval picture I’m trying to display. I want to eliminate everything but the oval photo image and have a colored background. Tks
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Heather Bell
Feb 12, 2007
Easiest thing for you to do is:
Make a new layer
Using round marque tool, draw the oval shape you want
Move into position if off center
Select inverse
Fill with red "border" you want
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Ed_Hannigan
Feb 12, 2007
Phillip,

Any Black and White image, and your mask is one, can be inverted, Ctrl-I. And that will reverse the masked and revealed areas.

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