>Good morning, > >I have a family tree picture that has blank rectangles and ovals in >its branches to add pictures. > >What is the best way to go about doing that? > >Can I select the area within the rectangles/ovals and then import a >picture into the selection and then resize the picture as needed to >fill the selection (the imported picture will be much larger than the >selection so I'll need to reduce it)? > >Or is there another way? > >Thank you!!!
There is another way. A lot depends on your 'family tree picture' and if it is a suitable size in pixels. This example comes from a PDF (right side of screenshot) imported into Gimp at 300 ppi. The best way is use layer mask. some references https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-layer-mask-add.html https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Layer_Masks/ although not particularly relevant. With a white layer mask. In the image you can select inside the 'squares' and then in the layer mask fill with black. This then becomes a 'window' on anything underneath. Importing photos, then scaling and moving the layer gives the result. Attachments: * http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/940/original/tree.jpg -- rich404 (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
