Crop a pic to a circle

[charise44]

I am new at all of this so this may sound like a really silly question with a really simple answer but I could use some help. I use PSP8, how do you crop a pic to the shape of a circle or any other shape for that matter.

TIA for any assitance you can offer :)

[Lizzerd]

First be sure your pic is on a Raster layer (not background, if it's a .jpg). Click on your Selector tool; in the options drop-down, select Circle. You may need to try more than once to get the circle where you want it. Then: menu Selections > Invert Selection. Then hit the Delete key. Voila!

[charise44]

I never would have figured that out on my own...LOL. THANK YOU!!

[Tbog]

Also, if you hold down Shift while making the circle, it makes it a perfect circle.

[charise44]

Thanks for the tips!

[posh_tots]

oh, thanks for the tips gals ;)

[RosieB]

I just tried this in psp7 and it worked perfectly too. There is a patch for PSP7 which improves how it handles the transparency in png files. The patch is free from Corel.

[Lizzerd]

I recently discovered another way!! (there's always more than one way to do anything in PSP!!!). After you've got your circle selection,go to Image > Crop to Selection (you skip a few steps this way!!)

[RJXR05]

WooHoo! I love great lil tips like these, thanks bunches!

[Dusty]

Just a fast question..Why does it need to be Raster layer and not jpg ?

Thanks
Dusty