Cropping Images

If an image has a blank or unwanted area along its edges you can trim it using the image crop.

Note: Smart Pix Manager uses a lossless algorithm for JPEG cropping so there is no reduction in image quality.

To crop an image:

1. Select Crop (Edit > Crop Image)

2. Select the portion of the image that you want to keep (everything outside of your selection will be removed).

3. Click OK

You can "nudge" the selection rectangle by using the cursor keys (or Shift+Cursor to change the width or height)

Selection Shape

If you click 'Selection Shape' under "Crop Settings", you can specify different shapes to crop the image to. If you chose a shape other than the default rectangular selection, you will need to specify the color that is used to replace the cropped section.

Crop Binding

If you select 'Snap selection to..' under "Crop Settings", you can enable the crop binding function. This function causes Smart Pix Manager to automatically resize the selection to common photo printing sizes when you release the mouse key.

Note:  

• Advanced users can crop images by selecting a portion of the image in the main window (Edit >Cursor Action) and then clicking Ctrl+Alt+X

• If lossless rotation is enabled then the final result may be slightly different than your selection due to the alignment of JPEG storage blocks.

Controls:

• Toolbar: (On Image Toolbar)
• Menu: Edit > Crop Image
• Keyboard: Ctrl+Alt+C

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