How is this effect done that the image file is cropped around the characters?

Sammy_Boi said:
I'm guessing careful cropping? I don't know how all the fancy drawing programs work, but the crop tool in GIMP is pretty accurate when your viewing the image at 800% of it's actual size.

Yep, you need to be extra careful with Gimp... That program eff'd my portfolio once xD

-~FurFreak~- said:
How is this effect done that the image file is cropped around the characters?

Sammy_Boi said:
I'm guessing careful cropping? I don't know how all the fancy drawing programs work, but the crop tool in GIMP is pretty accurate when your viewing the image at 800% of it's actual size.

Or there never was a background to begin with (e.g. if it was done from scratch via computer), pretty much all "more than basic" image editors feature layers and transparency, so you don't actually have to draw onto a substrate like you would with a real canvas (though I guess you could paint on glass/plastic for similar effect). However, if you already have a non-transparent background, e.g. want to cut out an object from an image, then there are usually several ways to do it, most of them much easier than tedious zoomed in cropping, look up a tutorial if interested.

Chessax said:
Or there never was a background to begin with (e.g. if it was done from scratch via computer), pretty much all "more than basic" image editors feature layers and transparency, so you don't actually have to draw onto a substrate like you would with a real canvas (though I guess you could paint on glass/plastic for similar effect). However, if you already have a non-transparent background, e.g. want to cut out an object from an image, then there are usually several ways to do it, most of them much easier than tedious zoomed in cropping, look up a tutorial if interested.

Thank you for your elaborate answer and explanation. It's funny to realize that a lot of the people on this site are just normal people and even quite intelligent people like yourself (judging by the grammar and punctuation in your reply).

-~FurFreak~- said:
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Eh, thanks, I try :) and just like in person you're gonna find every kind of people on here, most coming across very average most of the time (absolutely not meaning that in a bad way).