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Does anyone have an idea how I can simply cut this selection of the image out of its background, and use it as a new image?
I have carefully drawn a path around it but can never cut this out of the image. Pathfinder doesn't make a good selection, so I had to draw a the selection, but it seems not to be recognized as a path. I'm losing so much time on this... Thanks in advance! Jo
Hi jokev14504565 ,
first refine your path you are drawing, then open your Layers Panel.
There should be two objects:
The frame holding the image.
A polygon that is the path you are drawing.
Select the frame holding your image.
Do Cut.
Select the polygon.
Do Paste Inside.
Regards,
Uwe
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Personally, I would load the file in Photoshop, masking out the background and save as PSD or TIFF file.
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Thanks, but is this the only way? I don't have Photoshop you see... Seems a bit silly to have to buy it for the occasion 🙂
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You can do as Laubender​ suggests, if you do not have Photoshop (or any other modern image editor) at your hands. It's just more complicated to handle with complex shapes. You create a irregularly shaped image frame.
And yes, if you have only Indesign at your disposal, Laubender's solution is the best you have.
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That's right, so considering Photoshop in the future is not a bad idea. Thanks for the help!
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Hi jokev14504565 ,
first refine your path you are drawing, then open your Layers Panel.
There should be two objects:
The frame holding the image.
A polygon that is the path you are drawing.
Select the frame holding your image.
Do Cut.
Select the polygon.
Do Paste Inside.
Regards,
Uwe
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Thanks, this worked! 🙂