Crop
To reduce the size of an image or to remove non-important aspects of an image. For example, you may have a picture
of several people, but may only want to have a picture of one person from that
picture. Making a selection around that person and then
using the crop
feature will make a picture of only that person.
Another common mistake often seen on the
Internet is users who scan a picture using a
flatbed scanner and
have a large blank area around the image. Cropping an image reduces the overall size of the image and
decreases the time it takes to
download.
In the picture to the right, is a visual example of what a non-cropped image and cropped image may look like. As can be seen, the original image has a lot of wasted space making the image visually
and physically larger. Cropping the image reduces the overall size of the
picture and gets rid of wasted white space.
Also see: Image editor
