need to crop a square out of a picture (leaving a hole or blank)
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FWIW...It's always best if you include your question
in the body of the message.
Anyway.....
You can do the cutout with the freeware IrfanView.
(FWIW...it's always a good idea to create a System
Restore point before installing software or updates)
IrfanView
http://www.software.com/irfanview
(get the plug-ins too)
http://www.software.com/irfanview-plugin
Once installed...open your photo in IrfanView and left
click/drag a box in the center of the photo.
You can resize the box by dragging the double arrows
on the edges and you can move the box by right click/drag.
When the position and size of the box is correct...
go to...Edit / Cut - Selection...or...Type...Ctrl+X.
Now...I'm guessing you want to preserve the transparency
of the cutout?
OK...go to...File / Save As / PNG...
(In the right pane..be sure "Save transparent color" is ticked)
Choose a save location and enter a file name...
Left click...Save...
Now......to preserve the transparency...left click the Black
hole and wait until the "Choose transparent color" screen
closes.
That should be it.
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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience
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