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    Photo cropping made easy?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by KLF, May 4, 2014.

  1. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    I ran into a problem that I luckily could partially solve.

    I had a folder with both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratio photos and I needed to crop them all to 4:3 so I could order physical prints. This time I found this service online: Croppola - online photo cropping - I was able to do it now, only because I was at home and I have 100/10mbit fibre and uploading those photos was fast enough (time sensitive thing too).

    I would need a software, that preferably would be as easy to use (I can handle complicated but I'd like to outsource doing this) so this could be done offline too.

    I'm pretty sure such software already exists, so I'm open to ideas :) A plug-in perhaps for some editing software?
     
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  2. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    That's a pretty simple affair that I'm sure Windows does for free (or with a free app). Is there some special sequence of events you need? I use Photoshop to crop my images, and you pretty much just drag a marque around your image. Photo sharing sites but by typing in the aspect ratio numbers. Depending on whether you crop them before or after their uploaded.
     
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  3. LukeGeauxBoom

    LukeGeauxBoom Notebook Consultant

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    LukeGeauxBoom, May 5, 2014
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  4. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    That still seems to have same usability problem as most other editors. They do allow user to freely choose how to crop but I don't see how to simply make a fixed selection like the website I previously used. At least not any simple way... :)

    I got a hint to try another software, it didn't work as I wanted but same maker had another program:
    Jcropper - Vieas Web
    That lets me crop a photo in 3-4 clicks, pretty much what I was looking for. I think.

    Other suggestions are of course welcome :)
     
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  5. LukeGeauxBoom

    LukeGeauxBoom Notebook Consultant

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    Nice, I apologize I misread that you were trying to crop and not resize. That's what I get for trying to do 45734523462345 things at once! I use the built-in Windows Snipping Tool all the time, but that's mainly for screenshots and wouldn't be for actual photo cropping. Glad you found a solution!
     
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    So basically you need a batch cropper, is that correct?
    This one might do the trick: Image Cropper
     
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  7. KLF

    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Only if it's intelligent enough to know what part of the image I want to spare... So no, I'd rather do it manually :)
    That website, Croppola, is exactly what I'd want for an offline app.
     
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