You can quickly crop and size an image to a
specific dimension. By clicking the 'lock' icon
button, ImageWell goes into crop and size to fit
mode. In this mode you can type in the exact
width and height of the image you want and
ImageWell will size the image to that
dimension.
For example we have an image we want to size
to 180 by 135 pixels, but the original image is
the wrong aspect ratio for that size.
Notice in this example the image was sized to a width of 180. In locked mode the
height is automatically calculated based on the aspect of the picture. In this case the
height is 175.
Auto Crop/Size to the rescue
In Auto crop and size mode, you can type in 180 for the width and 135 for the height.
ImageWell makes the image that size. Whatever doesn't fit because the aspect of the
original doesn't match the aspect of the new image is cropped off.
When using the Auto Crop mode, sometimes you
might want to offset the crop so more is cropped from
one side than the other. You can use the slider to
adjust the cropped area.
Manually Cropping your image
Cropping is not limited to the auto
crop/and size feature in ImageWell.
To manually crop an image to
specific area and size click the 'Edit'
button in the bottom left corner to
open the Edit Window.
In the top right corner of the Edit
window you'll see the manual
cropping tools. The first button is
the 'Select Object' button. When this button is highlighted you can select objects in the
edit window, position and resize these objects. Go ahead and click on the image to
select it.
When you click on the image you'll notice the grab handles appear, a rotation control
and an image sizing scaler bar appear. The rotation control will rotate the image and
the image sizing scaler will scale or zoom the image from 0 to 200%.
Click on the Manual crop button. The cursor changes to a cross hair and you can crop
an area of the image by clicking and dragging the mouse. As you drag the mouse you'll
see the cropped area as opaque and the area outside the cropping as semi-transparent.
Don't worry if your crop isn't perfect - you can edit the cropping easily and quickly.
When an image has been cropped a 'Remove Crop' button appears beside the rotation
and scale control. Click this button to remove the crop.
Editing the crop area
While in crop mode you can edit the cropped area. Use the grab
handles to resize the crop area. Clicking and dragging while the
mouse is inside the crop area will reposition the cropped area.
Adjusting the image
Using the rotate and image scale controls you can adjust the image
independant of the cropped area. Click on the Move Image button to
move the image independant of the cropped area.
Once you are done, click on the Select Object button to return to normal editing mode.
At any time you can re-edit the crop of the image by selecting the image and clicking
the Crop button
Handy Keyboard Modifiers
• The cursor movement key will move the image or cropped area
• Holding down the Shift key while adjusting the image scaler will
scale in 10% increments.
And now off to adding a Watermark to your image - click here