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Cutting out a picture.

bkoshen

New Member
I'm new to the software game and I have a question. In my flexi a took a picture, brought it into flexi, and I want to cut a square out. The problem is the square is not square so I can't just crop because the crop won't let me crop at odd angles. In the pic I would like to cut around the green. 20221214_190927.jpg
 

weyandsign

New Member
In flexi, use Bezier Path Tool (hotkey: P) to trace around the edge of the green. Then select both the photo and the square you drew, and goto Arrange-> Mask. You can also rotate the image in Flexi so it's straight.
 
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Stacey K

I like making signs
The best way to do this is what weyandsign said. You cannot crop if you rotate. Some clipart I have used the transparency tool to remove the background and touch up with the eraser or I upload it to Adobe and remove the background.
 

bob

It's better to have two hands than one glove.
In Flexi use the transparency tool to remove the, I assume, gray surrounding the green outline. Then, depending on just what you mean by 'cut out', you can print and contour cut the non-transparent part. If you mean 'cut out' and have a non-rectangular bitmap, that's another subject entirely. Bitmaps ultimately want to be rectangular. There are ways, generally far too esoteric to go into here.
 
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JR's

New Member
Is it bothering anyone that the liquid inside the glass is not level??? LOL
I am sorry I'm not familiar with flexi, but in sign lab you can make any shape and use alt C to cut that shape out of an image.
 
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gnubler

Active Member
Are you actually going to print a picture of a label as a job? It's not going to look good, all that small text.

Also, MSG and dried clam broth? Blurgh....
 
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