Guide: Cropping an Image in Circle Shape in Paint 3D: Guide
Cropping an image is one of the basic needs while editing an image. It helps in getting rid of the unnecessary portions of it. While we usually crop into square or rectangular shapes, sometimes we want our image to have a different shape, such as a circle. You might think it would be an easy job for Paint, but things are different. Seven years ago we covered how to give an image a perfectly round shape with Paint. Surprisingly, not much has changed. While Microsoft has launched an updated version of Paint known as Paint 3D, we also cannot crop a circular image with just a click. Fortunately, there is a solution. The steps may look scary and long, but once you get the hang of the process, it won’t take much time. So let’s start cropping an image into a circle shape in Paint 3D.
Crop circular image in Paint 3D
Here is how to go for it.
1. Open the image
Start Paint 3D and open the image you want to crop by going to Menu> Open.
2. Draw a circle with 2D shapes
Now we need to take the help of the circle shape to draw a circle on our image. To do that, go to 2D shapes at the top and select Circle from the right sidebar.
Then place the mouse pointer near the area where you want to crop. With the left mouse button button , drag to draw a circle. For a correct and even circle, hold down the Shift key while dragging the mouse.
3. Adjust the circle parameters
After drawing the circle, do not click out until you have adjusted some essential parameters. First, make sure Fill is selected as None and Line Type as Solid in the right sidebar. Also keep white as the linetype color.
Now increase the thickness of the circle from the right sidebar. Keep it 100px for best results.
Don’t worry if you don’t get the circle right for the first time or the area you want within the circle. You can easily adjust it by moving or resizing the circle. Move the mouse pointer inside the circle to move the circle. You will see it turn into a four-sided arrow. Hold down the left mouse button button and drag it to another position. To adjust the size, drag the shape with one of the small squares in the dotted line. Hold down the Shift key for best results.
Finally, click the check mark outside the circle outline to add the circle.
4. Crop image into square shape
Now click on Crop present in the toolbar and crop it into a square shape. Adjust the crop selection so that the selection touches the inner edges of the circle, as shown in the screenshot. Press Done on the right sidebar to crop it.
5. Erase the outer area
If you’ve followed the steps correctly so far, you’ll have the existing background on the four edges of your circle. To remove that, click on the Brushes icon and select an eraser from it.
Delete the extra part by holding down the left mouse button button and drag it over the outer areas. You can also increase the size of the eraser by using the thickness slider in the right sidebar.
Finally you have your image in a circle. If you use it on a white background, you can save and use the image. If the background color is different, check the next section to make the background transparent.
6. Make the background transparent
To make the background transparent, we’ll use Paint 3D’s Magic Selection tool. Here are the steps: Step 1: Click the Magic Select icon at the top. Since the background is white and clear, you don’t need to make any other changes or adjust the border. Click Next on the right.
Hopefully you see that Paint has detected the exact circle shape. If something is missing, refine it with Add or Remove buttonsHit the Done button make sure Auto-fill background is selected.
Step 2: You will notice that the size of the cropped image increases slightly. Do not you worry. Select the Canvas icon at the top and enable Transparent canvas. Most of the white background will disappear.
Step 3: If there are certain areas with a white background, we can remove them. To do that, increase the size of the box slightly while holding down the Shift key.
Step 4: Then click on the cropped image. A new selection box will appear. Now increase the size by dragging it from one of the corners. Hold down the Shift key for equal adjustments. Doing so will hide the white spots. Tip Move the selection by holding the mouse pointer over it and dragging it to hide the white area completely.
Step 5: Finally, go to Menu and select Save as with the file format as image.
Step 6: Select PNG (Image) under the Save as type drop-down list and check the box next to Transparency. Press Save button to save your cropped photo.
Saving the image in the PNG format is extremely crucial as PNG maintains the transparency of the image. If you run into a problem removing the background from the photo, please check the post where we cover it in detail. Now you can easily use this round image wherever you want. In addition, you can use the steps above to crop an image to any shape you want. Just select the 2D shape of your choice and follow the same steps.
Tip: Add a circular image to images in Paint 3D
If you want to add this newly created round image on top of another image in the Paint 3D itself, you can save it as a sticker. For that, when you complete step 1 of the background removal process (ie use the Magic select tool), click on the image. Tap Create sticker in the sidebar.
Now open the image in Paint 3D to which you want to add this round image. At the top, go to Stickers and click on the third icon in the right sidebar. You can find your cropped image here. Click on it to add to the base image. Adjust the position and size and finally save the image.
Circle should be easy
I know the method is too long for a simple crop. But that is what is available to us now. Hope is a good thing to have, and that’s all we can do – hope Microsoft introduces the native circle crop featureIn the meantime, you can download PhotoScape, the free editing software that offers a circular crop. The next up Microsoft is killing Snipping Tool on Windows. Snip & Sketch will replace it. Know how the two apps differ.
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