Boolean Operations

[Jerdean]

Hello,

I did a big circle and then a small circle right above the big circle and did Boolean Operations subtract..it went well because I only wanted to cut a hole inside the big circle but my problem comes when I use an image( a picture) and place a small circle right above it and do Boolean Operations subtract..it subtracts everything literally nothing is left. Does anyone know how to get it to work?

 

[carl123]

I assumed you placed the image so it is an Image layer

You can select it and do Layer > Convert to Curves then the subtract should work

Or set the blend mode of the circle to Erase (Note: Grouping those 2 layers will prevent the Erase from affecting other objects further down the layer stack, if that becomes an issue)

[Komatös]

Hello and welcome to the forums, @Jerdean

What exactly do you want to achieve? Should the photo/image be brought into a round shape? Or should the image/photo be given a round frame?

Boolean operations usually only work with vector objects (closed curves). You would have to convert the image/photo into curves first. And instead of substract choose Devide in the boolean operations. 

 

[Jerdean]

I want to cut a small circle within the image.

[Jerdean]

You can select it and do Layer > Convert to Curves then the subtract should work

 

I tried that and it worked. 

 

Thank you!

[R C-R]

6 hours ago, Komatös said:

Boolean operations usually only work with vector objects (closed curves).

Which is why it works with what @carl123 suggested by converting Image layers to curves.

[Komatös]

30 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Which is why it works with what

Yes, I was a little bit slower with my answer as Carl! 🙁

[Jerdean]

@Komatös I actually saw your answer first and then I saw @carl123's answer and tried it and it worked. 😊