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How to Select a squwed image and correct it

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How to Select a squwed image and correct it Dave_London 27 Jul 14:37
  How to Select a squwed image and correct it rich2005 27 Jul 16:36
Dave_London
2017-07-27 14:37:09 UTC (over 6 years ago)
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How to Select a squwed image and correct it

Hi,
I am pretty new to Gimp.

What I would like to do is take a photo with my S8 and then when I get it on my desktop, be able to cut out the part that I want, maybe add some annotations and save it for use on my website.

I took a photo of my friends business card as he wants to use it on his mobile website. The photo is not properly centered and I just want the square part - SEE attachment.

I have tried to select the area and crop it - but I keep failing.

What would be the best way to do this ?

Many thanks for helping a newbie :)

rich2005
2017-07-27 16:36:24 UTC (over 6 years ago)

How to Select a squwed image and correct it

Hi,
I am pretty new to Gimp.

What I would like to do is take a photo with my S8 and then when I get it on my desktop, be able to cut out the part that I want, maybe add some annotations and save it for use on my website.

I took a photo of my friends business card as he wants to use it on his mobile website.
The photo is not properly centered and I just want the square part - SEE attachment.

I have tried to select the area and crop it - but I keep failing.

What would be the best way to do this ?

Many thanks for helping a newbie :)

1. Use the free-select tool. Click in the four courners and then hit ENTER to complete the selection.

screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/mn8JDjQ.jpg

2. Use Edit -> Copy then Edit -> Paste-As -> New Image

3. In the new image use the Perspective Transform Tool in ***Corrective(backward) mode Click on the canvas to open the grid. Move the top handles to fit the top corners. If you made the original selection correctly the bottom handles will be OK. Check that the outside lines of the grid follow edge of the label. When ready click the Transform button

screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/3xFwCOP.jpg

4. Now use Layer -> Layer to image size to finish off.

screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/ZhfXPUi.jpg

rich: www.gimp-forum.net