Crop Images

Cytosketch provides a tool to crop images. To crop, select the image, click the Crop Tool button Crop button and adjust the crop by dragging the handles to the desired position. Cytosketch hides the part of the image that surrounds the crop instead of permanently deleting it. This allows you to adjust the crop without having to start from scratch again.

Controls are available in the Crop Tool box to adjust the crop.

Table of Content

Crop Tool Overview

This section provides a quick overview of the Crop Tool box. Move the mouse over the screen shot below to see a short description of the individual controls or over the description to see the corresponding controls on the screen shot.

Crop Tool
  1. Controls to adjust the position of the image within the cropped area.
  2. Controls to adjust the dimension of the crop. The controls can be locked Locked to adjust the crop proportionally or unlocked Lock to adjust the crop un-proportionally. Click the lock button Lock to lock and unlock the controls.
  3. Control to adjust the rotation of the image within the cropped area.
  4. Control to adjust the zoom of the image within the cropped area.
  5. Button to reset the crop to the original values.
  6. Determines the size of the image after cropping. Have a look at the two movies below for examples when Fit Cropped is ticked and un-ticked.

How to Crop Proportionally

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Adjust the crop by dragging the crop handles to the desired position.
  3. For fine adjusting the crop proportionally:
    • Make sure that the width w and height h controls are locked Lock. If the controls are not locked click the lock button Lock in the Crop Tool box.
    • Then use the controls to adjust the crop.
  4. Width and Height
  5. Click outside the crop, select another tool or press Esc to finish cropping.

How to Crop Un-proportionally

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Adjust the crop by keeping Ctrl pressed while dragging the crop handles to the desired position.
  3. For fine adjusting the crop un-proportionally:
    • Make sure that the width w and height h controls are unlocked Lock. If it is not unlocked click the lock button Lock in the Crop Tool Box.
    • Then use the controls to adjust the crop.
    Width and Height
  4. Click outside the crop, select another tool or press Esc to finish cropping.

Crop by changing the Zoom of the Image

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Adjust the zoom by using the slider at the bottom of the crop.
  3. For fine adjusting the zoom use the zoom control at the bottom of the crop or in the Crop Tool box.
  4. Zoom Screenshot
  5. Click outside the crop, select another tool or press Esc to finish cropping.

Reposition Image within Cropped Area

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Drag the image to the desired position.
  3. For fine adjusting the position use the x and y controls in the Crop Tool box.
  4. X and Y position
  5. Click outside the crop, select another tool or press Esc to finish cropping.

Rotate Image within Cropped Area

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Drag the rotation handle until the desired rotation is reached.
  3. Rotation handle
  4. For fine adjusting the rotation use the rotation control above the crop or in the Crop Tool box.
  5. Rotation button
  6. Click outside the crop, select another tool or press Esc to finish cropping.
Tip: Quick Rotation

To rotate the image in steps of 15 degrees, keep Ctrl pressed while dragging the rotation handle.

Reset Crop

  1. Activate the Crop Tool by double clicking the image or by selecting the image and clicking the Crop Tool button Crop button.
  2. Click Reset in the Crop Tool box and the crop of all selected images is reset to the original values.