Cropping refers to removing unwanted areas from an image. One of the most basic photo manipulation processes, it can be used, for instance, to remove an unwanted subject or irrelevant portion from a photo, or to improve composition.

Cropping creates a new image by removing a desired rectangular portion from the image being cropped. The unwanted part of the image is discarded. Image cropping does not reduce the resolution of the area cropped. Best results are obtained when the original image has a high resolution. A primary reason for cropping is to improve the image composition in the new image.

Cropping is one simple way to get a better image. Cropping a picture can give a stronger focus on one element in a picture or it can focus on the most graphically exciting part of the image. An image may be cropped depending on its use such as a web page, a poster, a billboard or a business card.

This picture, we may see one person missing at the image on the right comparatively to the left one.

The crop tool lets you trim an image to the size you want. This is especially useful if you have a photo or graphic with excess background space. You can trim it away until you have just what you want.


Define Thumbnail Area window use your mouse to select the area you want to be cropped.

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