Cropped Image and Saving

 

Preview   

Previews the cropped image in full screen mode. Allows a better view of the output image.

Click the mouse anywhere, or press any key, to revert to normal.

 

Save As...   

Opens the Save Dialogue box. The folder chosen here is used for subsequent saves.

Cropping takes place when saving, no change takes place on screen (except in Preview) or to the original image.

 

Save   

This saves the current selected area in the folder previously selected by 'Save As...'. You will not be prompted for a filename. The filename used is the same as the original image + the filename suffix.

However, you will be asked for a destination folder the first time you use this command, if you have not previously set a folder with 'Save As..'

If a file already exists with the same name it will be overwritten.

 

Filename Suffix

Any text entered here is appended to the original filename to form the filename used for saving. The text here changes whenever the aspect ratio changes, and when an image is resized 'TV' is added also.

By default, the the word 'Cropper' appears in this box. If you wish, you can change this text by editing the file Cropped.INI, which appears in the same folder as Cropper.exe as soon as the program runs. Edit the line 'DefaultSuffix=Cropped' to whatever text you like.

 

Resize Options

Tick one of these options to resize the output to match standard TV format. Several preset sizes are available, as well the custom setting. The routine used is of high quality (if a little slow maybe) and can enlarge as well as reduce. It is not usually essential to resize but it often helps the video editing application, especially if the stills are large mega-pixel.

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720 x 576 PAL      4:3 video or to generate a 16:9 anamorphic image if your video editor expects this size.

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768 x 576 PAL      As above, but this is the true 4:3. Normally, use this one for PAL, but see QA below.

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1024 x 576 PAL    Use this for 16:9 video when your video editing program does the anamorphic squash.

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720 x 480 NTSC    4:3 video or to generate a 16:9 anamorphic image if your video editor expects this size.

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720 x 540 NTSC    As above, but this is the true 4:3. Normally, use this one for NTSC, but see QA below.

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960 x 540 NTSC    Use this for 16:9 video when your video editing program does the anamorphic squash. 

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1920 x 1080         Ready for High Definition TV.

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1920 x 1152         Ready for High Definition TV.

Q.  Why 720 x 540 for NTSC?  Why not 720 x 480 which is the resolution of digital video?

A.  Because in NTSC video the pixels are not square. 720 x 540 preserves an exact 4:3 of the original image. I am assuming that your video editing program will resize any 4:3 stills to 720 x 480. If this is not the case you can enter a custom resolution. Likewise, for 16:9 a setting of 960 x 540 is the exact ratio. All this can be very confusing, this might help, and although for PAL also see this link!

Q.   In PAL should I use 768 x 576 or 720 x 576?

A.  It all depends what your video editing software expects as a still image size. See this link for an explanation and a method of testing your software.

 

Bitmap or Jpeg

Choose to save in bitmap form or as a jpeg. Use bitmap if there are to be subsequent stretch or other processing operations.

Jpeg Quality

Enter a number from 10 to 100. 100 is best quality and largest file size, 10 gives the smallest file size but with poor picture quality.

 

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