<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/27395179-5dff-4108-9386-f48aac81eb1a/97040E3C-0ACF-4A41-88E7-4040CA6C31FD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/" href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/" style="font-size: 11px;">howto.nicubunu.ro</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><DIV class="title"> <H1><IMG align="right" alt=" " src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/../gfx/face_ooo.png" /><IMG align="right" alt=" " src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/../gfx/face_draw.png" /><IMG align="right" alt=" " src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/../gfx/jump2.png" /> GIMP trick: make your subject pop out of a photo</H1> <DIV align="left"> <A target="_blank" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"><IMG width="125" height="16" border="0" alt="AddThis Social Bookmark Button" src="http://s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif" /></A> </DIV> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump_demo.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump_demo_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"> Follow those steps:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Add a transparent layer on top of your image and if you want a background another layer at the bottom: <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump01.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump01_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Make a rectangular selection on the transparent layer about the size of the desired frame and fill it with white: <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump02.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump02_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Shrink the selection (Select - Shrink, I used 15 pixels): <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump03.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump03_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">And clear the content (Edit - Cut): <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump04.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump04_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Make a rectangular selection around the frame and use the perspective tool (Shift+P). Deform it as you like: <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump05.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump05_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Delete the parts of the frame which cover your subject, the result should be like this: <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump06.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump06_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Erase the background of the photo (use what you like: mask, eraser, lasso, magic wand, just make sure the photo layer has an alpha channel): <CENTER><A href="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump07.jpg"><IMG border="0" alt="screenshot" src="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/jump07_thumb.jpg" /><BR /><SMALL>[click to enlarge]</SMALL></A></CENTER><BR /></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><B>And we are done!</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://howto.nicubunu.ro/jump_out_gimp/"><DIV> Optionally you can add more steps to impress people with your GIMP skills:</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/97040E3C-0ACF-4A41-88E7-4040CA6C31FD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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