(Editing) CROPPING

Click here to show the Cropping Screen.

Let's say you have a photo that has something in it that you want and a lot of stuff that you don't want. This is a job for cropping. With cropping, you can select the area that you want and the rest is dropped out.

To bring up the cropping window, just click on the EDIT menu from the main menu, and then pick "Crop Image". You can also bring it up by using the tools menu and then selecting the "Crop Image" menu option. Or you can  click on CROP button on the "Quick Tools" panel.

TIP: The cropping window is available in many other features of Photo Jockey too.

The crop window is pretty simple to use. Just drag the cropping handles (corners) to position them so that the cropping rectangle is the portion of the image that you want to keep. You can also drag the cropping sides as well. You can also drag the whole cropping area by dragging from the INSIDE of the cropping rectangle.

Cropping from the "Crop Image" Function:
Once you are done dragging the handles and dragging the cropping rectangle, click "Accept". Otherwise if you don't want to crop, click "Cancel".

Display at 100%:
This allows you to take very large images and crop with more accuracy. When a large image is shrunk to fit the cropping window, you can't position the handles exact pixel position, you can only get close (within a few pixels). So, use this feature if you want EXACT position of the cropping rectangle. NOTE: While you are at 100% mode AND the image is so large that you have scroll bars in the cropping tool,  you can drag the main image OR you can drag the cropping rectangle. Also as you drag and your mouse reaches the edge of the window, the scrolling will continue for your convenience.

Auto Crop:
This allows you to take an image that has a lot of background color and to crop out the blank space. This is great for scanned images that may have a lot of white space. The auto crop takes the CURRENT cropping rectangle and makes it even smaller if it can, by scanning for blank space and excluding it from the crop.

TIP: If you don't want the cropping rectangle to be confined to a specific shape, you can click on the UNLOCK button. If you want the rectangle confined to a specific shape (aspect), then click the LOCK button. You can also choose from many aspect ratios (shapes).



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