Make your subject pop out of a photo

clipped from howto.nicubunu.ro GIMP trick: make your subject pop out of a photo [click to enlarge] Follow those steps: Add a transparent layer on top of your image and if you want a background another layer at the bottom: [click to enlarge] Make a rectangular selection on the transparent layer about the size of the desired frame and fill it with white: [click to enlarge] Shrink the selection (Select - Shrink, I used 15 pixels): [click to enlarge] And clear the content (Edit - Cut): [click to enlarge] Make a rectangular selection around the frame and use the perspective tool (Shift+P). Deform it as you like: [click to enlarge] Delete the parts of the frame which cover your subject, the result should be like this: [click to enlarge] 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): [click to enlarge] And we are done! Optionally you can add more steps to impress people with your GIMP skills: