Re: [Gimp-user] Crop to oval?

[Chris Mohler <cr33dog gmail com>]

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:24 PM, Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net> wrote:
> > > For your question, I don't know of a way to do this without the use of
> > > layers.
>
> Fast and simple:

Faster, simpler:

Make your oval selection
Press [CTRL]+[i]
Press [Delete]

And as others have pointed out, you may with to feather the selection
- but this is the shortest path to your goal.

Chris