How to Make a Picture Oval Using IrfanView
Cropping images into an oval shape can add variety to your photo collages, format your photos for ovular borders or just plain remove unwanted portions of a photo. And with the help of IrfanView, a free photo editor, you can crop your photos into ovals of any size. And while you will need to use several of the program's tools to create an oval picture, the job can be tackled with relative ease and in a matter of minutes.
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Instructions
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Start IrfanView. Click on the folder icon, located in the top-left corner of the program, to import your image into the program.
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Click the "Edit" heading at the top of the program, and then select the "Show Paint Dialog" option from the drop-down menu that appears below the "Edit" heading.
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Click the "Ellipse" tool in the "Paint" menu box that appears. Set the value in the "Width (px)" box to at least 10. Click the color box at the bottom of the Paint menu, and then select a border color for your oval, from the color palette that appears.
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Drag your mouse across your photo, back in IrfanView's main window, to draw your oval over the picture.
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Click the "Selection" tool in the "Paint" menu. Drag the selection tool over your oval to draw a tight box around it. Click the "Edit" heading and then select the "Crop Selection" option.
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Click the "Eraser" tool in the Paint menu. Erase the remaining image outside your oval--drag the "Eraser" tool over the unwanted portion of the image.
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Click on the "Save as" option at the top of the program and save your image.
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