Cropping an image
You can crop images in Media Portal. Media
Portal retains information about images that were cropped so you
can restore them to their original state. You can also crop an image
and save the cropped version under a new name.
You can crop an image to remove white space around it, or crop
an area of the image.
Note: After you crop, you can click the Save As button and save
a cropped version of the image under a different name. In the Save
As window, choose Save As New Master to save a second copy of the
image. Choose Save As Addition View Of Master to save the original
and its cropped version under a different name. Choose Replace Original
to delete the original file from which you cropped your image. Then
enter a name for the image and select the Submit button.
Crop to remove white space around an image
You can crop off the transparent or solid-color pixels
from the edge of an image.
To remove white space around an image, display it in
the Crop Editor:
In Grid View, click the Edit rollover
button and choose Crop.
Display it in the Browse Panel in Detail view, and select
the Crop button 
.
Do one of the following:
To trim color pixels,
select the Trim menu and choose Color. The Auto Crop By Color dialog
box appears. Select the Corner menu and choose a corner with the
background color to crop away. Then enter a Tolerance setting from
0 through 1. The 0 setting crops pixels only if they exactly match
the color you selected in the corner of the image. Numbers closer
to 1 allow for more color difference. Select the Crop button.
To trim transparent pixels, select the Trim menu and choose
Transparent. The Auto Crop By Transparency dialog box appears. Enter
a tolerance setting from 0 through 1. The 0 setting crops crop pixels
only if they are totally transparent. Numbers closer to 1 allow
for more transparency. Select the Crop button.
Click Save.
Note: To restore an image to its original state after you’ve cropped
it, display the image in the Crop Editor screen and select the Reset
button.
Select an area to crop
To select an area to crop, display the image in
the Crop Editor:
In Grid View, click the Edit rollover
button and choose Crop.
Display it in the Browse Panel in Detail view, and select
the Crop button .
Select the Crop button .
Place the part of the image you don’t want to crop in the
crop box. What appears inside the box remains when you select the
Save button and crop the image.
To adjust the crop area, do one of the following:
Drag a side corner of the box.
Enter pixel measurements in the Size boxes.
Drag to move the crop box. Move the pointer inside the boundary
of the box. When you see the four-headed arrow, drag the box to
a new location on the image.
Click Save.
Note: To restore an image to its original state after you’ve cropped
it, display the image in the Crop Editor screen and select the Reset
button.
