CoreMedia Studio enables you to define different crops for an image. The size, aspect ratio and number of these crops has been defined by your project team while your CoreMedia system was implemented (see Section 4.6.7, “Editing Images”). Of course, these settings can be changed, you should ask the person in charge for the CoreMedia system for support.
Most of the cropping work is done using the selection frames, in addition there are some buttons and icons:
| Icon | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reset all focal points and crops | All selection frames have a common center, are coupled and the size has been maximized. |
| Reset focal point |
The center of a single selection frame will be moved to the common center. The size of the selection frame will be maximized within the limits of the common cropping area. The selection frame will be coupled with the common selection. |
| Hide crops | All selection frames will be shown or hidden. The common cropping area will still be shown. |
Table 4.18. Buttons for cropping images
| Icon | Name |
|---|---|
| Common center of the common selection frame and one or more specific selection frames. |
| Center of a specific selection frame. |
| Center of the common selection frame. |
Table 4.19. Icons for the centers of the selection frames
It makes no difference if you want to define a single crop or all crops at once. Therefore, there will be no separate description below. You can immediately see all changes in the preview.
Defining the position of a crop
Click the highlighted selection area and keep the button pressed.
Move the selection area to the required position.
Defining the size of a crop
Click one of the black handles and keep the button pressed.
Drag the mouse in the convenient direction to change the size.
While you change the size, the aspect ratio will be preserved. Once you fall below the minimum size, the frame turns red.
Selecting a frame
If you want to edit a frame separately, you have to select it. To do so, you have three alternatives:
Click the frame.
or
Select the respective tab.
or
Choose the respective frame in the preview.
Right click on that image in the preview.
The selection frame is now shown without the other frames. Only the square icon indicates the center of the common cropping area.
Decoupling frames
Select the frame.
Change the position of the center
Coupling frames
You can either couple all frames again or couple a single frame to the common selection.
Coupling all frames
In order to couple all frames and to restore the maximum size of the common cropping area, proceed as follows:
Select the Overview tab.
Click the Reset All Focal Points and Crops button in the Reset to Initial State menu.
Coupling one frame
In order to couple one specific frame with the common selection and to adapt its size to the size of the common selection, proceed as follows:
Select the frame.
Click the [Reset focal point] button.
Hiding selection frames
In order to improve the overview, for example, you can hide all selection frames in the Overview tab.
Click the Hide Crops button.
Only the common cropping area is shown.
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