Select the Crop Photo button on the Magnify and Edit screen to bring up image cropping options. The APM software allows a customer to crop a selected photo a number of different ways based upon the products available.
- Select a crop size using the buttons on the left side of the screen. The sizes displayed on a button represent a single aspect ratio.
For example, the 4x6 and 8x12 sizes appear on the same button because they are a 3:2 aspect ratio. By choosing this button and cropping the photo, you are cropping for all sizes in that aspect ratio. Therefore, if both 4x6 and 8x12 sizes are ordered, the crop will be the same for both.
Crop Size Warning
**Note: It is important that your customers crop their images. Since the aspect ratio used by most point-and-shoot digital cameras is 4:3, this does not match the 3:2 aspect ratio of a 4x6 print. If a manual crop is completed, then the APM software will automatically crop in the center of the image to accommodate, sometimes giving undesired results.
2. Use the + or - buttons to increase or decrease the total crop area.
**Note: If the crop size is too small to produce a quality print for a particular size, a warning will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Use the red arrow keys to reposition the crop guidelines.
4. When changing the crop guidelines, a colored box will appear. This color will be different for each aspect ratio.
5. Use the Rotate Crop button to change the orientation of the crop guidelines.
6. Press the Reset All Crops button to reset all the cropping that has been done for the selected photo.
7. When finished, press the Crop Photo and exit button to return to the Magnify/Edit screen.
Crop Photo Screen
