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Crop an image before printing

Caldera Graphics V7

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Crop an image before printing

1 Introduction The present procedure is going to show you how to crop an image before printing it, using the tools available in the Display module. 2 Cropping the image 1. Click File > Open to launch the FileManager module. 2. Browse to the directory where your image is located. 3. Select the image and click Load. Here, we have picked an image with a small white border we want to crop. The image will then appear in the Images bar.

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Crop an image before printing

4. Click Quit to close FileManager. 5. In the Images bar, double-click the image. It will be opened in a Display, as shown on the screen capture below:

6. Choose the rectangular selection tool .

NOTE: You can use one of the non-rectangular shapes if needed, but be aware that it will only work with a raster image, not with a PS or PDF file. 7. With the left button of the mouse, click the upper left corner of your image, then immediately release the button. You can zoom in/out in the image using the three buttons of the mouse, while holding down the Ctrl key. 8. Locate the right bottom corner of the image and left-click again

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9. Release the mouse button. The selection will be drawn.

10. Using the zoom shortcuts (C Ctrl + left button to zoom in, Ctrl + right button to zoom out), make sure that the edges of your selection touch the edges of the image, or fit the final aspect you want your image to have. 11. If the selection does not fit, use the left button of the mouse to drag the selection cursors where you want them to be placed. You can also use the selection editor (E Edition > Selection editor..) to directly set up the dimensions with the keyboard. 12. Once your final selection is done, click Edition > Copy, in the Display window. The cropped image will then appear as a new image in the Images bar. You can now drop this image in the Print module.

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3 Printing the image 1. Select the cropped image in the Images bar. 2. Drop it onto the icon of the printer you want to send it to.

3. Click the Setup icon:

This will open the Setup window. 4. Choose a scale of 100% by clicking this icon:

5. Choose a landscape orientation by clicking the orientation icon:

6. Click the Crop Marks tab. 7. Check the Crop marks box, and choose Standard crop marks by clicking the icon shown below:

8. Click Close to close the Setup window. 9. Back in the main window, click Print.

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