I am using GIMP and having the simplest difficult just cutting out an object (such as a briefcase). I want to cut object out and then place them in a different image....I can simply drag an entire layer to a new image but really need to know how to image-edit....I don't really know how to do it. I resorted to making a layer below and trying to erase around the object and that didn't work. I know how to do it in Photoshop but no longer have access to it in my office. If it matters I am on an IMac. I am kinda embarassed that I cannot figure out such a simple yet important procedure. Any help? Thanks so much for your input and time!
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 4 answers

Mac osx/canon hg10 cannot get stills off camera. Video yes, stills no. We're supposed to have a baby any day now and this sucker ain't behaving (the camera-mac connection). I haven't had this kind of problem with a mac in 10 years. [more inside]
posted on Jul 12, 2008 - 4 answers

How do sites choose their security pictures? I'm talking about the images that some sites (like banks' websites) use so that you know you are logging into to the real site and not some spoof site (at least I think that's what they're for). [more inside]
posted on Jun 25, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm trying to disassemble an undocumented, proprietary binary image format. I'm looking for the best tools and tutorials available. [more inside]
posted on Jun 17, 2008 - 14 answers

What is going on when I sent an attached image from Mail (on my Mac) to an aol email address? [more inside]
posted on Jun 3, 2008 - 4 answers

What are the best display settings for a Playstation 3 to ensure I get the best possible picture quality when watching Bluray discs and standard DVDs? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2008 - 5 answers

Looking for a program that will take an image as the input and gives back a chart/graph/number with the amount of colours as the output. [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2008 - 8 answers

How do I resize a very large image to a smaller size yet keep text detail legible? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 13 answers

An image that my friend has created has been seen before by other people. How has this happened? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 21 answers

I have an image. I have a Wordpress ?php previous_posts_link? . How can I make it so the image acts as that? I've googled and just can't find the right alchemy and I just know that other people are doing it.
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 9 answers

How to render image like in google picasaweb?: I'm developing a web page. If I use img tag to put image in the web page, while loading the page, image loads very slowly (especially large images). Also the upper part of image is loaded first and then the lower part, as page is downloaded from server. But in applications like google picasa, a very low quality version is rendered first, so that you see the whole image at once (even though its blurred), slowly as the page is downloaded, image becomes sharper. How can I implement this functionality in my web page? Can someone please point me to helpful resources regarding this?
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 10 answers

Image filter: You know those signs you see on trails and the tops of mountains, pointing in all different directions to distant cities? Like this, or this? Looking for such an image, high enough resolution that I can photoshop it a bit and use it in a presentation.
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 6 answers

What is reflected in Vice President Cheney's glasses?
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me pick a professional domain name for email. All reasonable combinations of my name are already taken (the same goes for GoogleMail addresses). I'd like to avoid firstnamelastnameUK01321@googlemail.com if I can. I'm going to be using it mainly on CVs. [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 16 answers

I have a large image collection that I use for illustration reference. Are there any programs (I have a mac, but could get access to a PC if there's something cool) that can play with large collections of images in unexpected ways? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Moving towards virtual machines for IT support at a business, and I have some questions. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for an image gallery script with easy adsense integration and option to embed and share photos. [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 1 answers

Kinda strange Wordpress plugin request: We're looking for a contact form with image submission that also employs a captcha or similar form of validation. [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Can anyone recommend a small/lightweight image compression program that can run on Windows Server 2003? Thanks [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 11 answers

Can anyone point me to a full-sized scan of this saintly image of Obama (originally posted in this thread by goodnewsfortheinsane)?
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 9 answers

What are my options for including an auto-merged image file in the context of a website? [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 1 answers

SVG or Java: Measuring the overlap of graphic objects [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Crazy Wordpress plugin request: A way to automatically resize and autocrop images and place them into a post without manual uploading - just providing an image url from elsewhere on the web. [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 8 answers

AJAXfilter: Is there a framework that would be good for building an app that can place, move, resize, and rotate images on a page ala blingee? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 3 answers

WebDev-2.0Filter: Using client side technologies (i.e. Javascript, ActiveX, Java... JS is preferred) is it possible to generate an image file (PNG or JPG, or even PDF) from a DIV tag on the page? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2008 - 11 answers

How do I get my images where I want? I'm trying to overlay images on a background. Is there a fancy tool I could use that will tell me the exact coordinates? Should I not try tables and do some fancy css? Or am I going at this ass backwards? Here's what I'm talking about. It's a self link, but nothing really to see but my issue. View the source to see my attempt.
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 11 answers

Help me automate the splitting of an image into tiles. [more inside]
posted on Jan 30, 2008 - 8 answers

Does NTSC look as bad on actual NTSC televisions as it looks on my PAL television? [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 11 answers

I photograph very poorly. [more inside]
posted on Jan 27, 2008 - 30 answers

I have an image that I believe came from the Internet. With the digital version of this image, can I search for it online? [more inside]
posted on Jan 22, 2008 - 12 answers

How can I generate a "visual average" from a group of digital images?

A few years ago, I saw a BoingBoing post in which a guy had taken the pixel means of Playboy centerfolds for several decades. I'd like to use the same technique and am wondering if there's any off-the-shelf (preferably free) stuff that can do that.
posted on Jan 22, 2008 - 5 answers

How do I create an automator action to resize images to a certain width? The "scale images" action only resizes the longest side, which is sometimes the height, not the width. [more inside]
posted on Jan 19, 2008 - 7 answers

What should a modern, semi-professional a capella choral group wear as concert attire? [more inside]
posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 19 answers

Help me figure out my color profile woes, please! [more inside]
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - 6 answers

I'd like to know the source of this Tech Crunch Christmas Greeting image or barring that, a free or CC licensed equivalent. [more inside]
posted on Dec 28, 2007 - 3 answers

I need a decent still of the dinosaurs in the movie "Fantasia." [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2007 - 5 answers

Resizing/renaming images with PHP and keeping only the thumbnail [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - 6 answers

I am unable to find a picture of someone with their hand spread out down an ostrich's throat. [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2007 - 10 answers

How do I move everything from one OEM XP Pro PC to another? Confused by posts I've found. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 8 answers

In IE6, I occasionally get an image being covered by the background color of the div that contains it. Huh? [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 4 answers

I have a jpg file. What is the best way to find any instances of this file posted anywhere on the web. This is pretty much a dupe of this AskMe from 2004 but i was hoping technology might have advanced enough to provide a new answer. [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 12 answers

Why do I have so many problems seeing the images on this image site at home.. [more inside]
posted on Oct 29, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me find the source image used to create this photoshop piece [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 6 answers

Can you recommend me some bizarre and/or threatening public domain photographs? [more inside]
posted on Oct 4, 2007 - 15 answers

Long shot: My friend is looking for a specific black and white image of crows flying in a spiral. I have a fragment of the image. Does anyone recognize it? Know where the full image is? [more inside]
posted on Oct 3, 2007 - 8 answers

Where can I find image 'sorting' software (for OSX)? [more inside]
posted on Sep 30, 2007 - 15 answers

Trying to get TinyMCE, IMCE and Drupal working together to post inline images... [more inside]
posted on Sep 28, 2007 - 7 answers

What is a good program (preferably free) that I can use to embed tags in my photo collection? [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 6 answers

Someone posted an image on MeFi a few years(?) ago (in a thread) that was a parody of patriotic images, like an American eagle, US flag, movie stars, popular culture, and tons of other stuff all mixed together that left one wondering what the message was. Sorry I can't be more specific but it was very funny, does anyone remember?
posted on Aug 27, 2007 - 5 answers

Is there a Thunderbird extension or another programme that will allow me to save an entire email as an image? [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2007 - 11 answers