Crop Setup Panel

Use this panel to visually edit existing presets or create your own.

When you’ve completed your changes, press one of these buttons to continue:

Add as Preset… - Use this to add a new preset. You’ll be prompted to name the new preset.

Update This Preset… - This will update the current preset with the changed parameters.

Both Add as Preset… and Update This Preset… buttons do not close the editor panel. You may continue editing the open preset, or you can select a new preset to edit by choosing from the Presets menu while this panel is open.

Update Preset, Apply to All and Close — Click this button to save changes to the currently edited preset, close the Crop Setup Panel, and apply the updated preset to crop all currently loaded images.

Close - Use this to close the Crop Setup Panel.

NOTE: There are several ways to edit numeric parameters in this panel:

• When your text cursor is inside the text field, press the Up/Down keyboard arrows to increment/decrement the field value by 0.1. Use Shift + Up/Down keyboard arrows to change the value by 1.0, and Control + Up/Down arrows to change the value by 0.01. In this case, all parameters and previews are redrawn immediately.

• Use a mouse to press the small Up/Down buttons beside the text fields to increase/decrease the field value by 0.1. The parameters and preview will accept changes immediately.

• You can also type numbers directly into the text fields. In that case, you’ll need to press the Enter key after typing or move the cursor to another text field to apply changes and redraw previews.

Here are the parameters you can edit:

Width Aspect / Height Aspect - Input the width and height crop box proportions here.

Scale by Height - This sets the size of the crop in relation to the size of the detected face. If you set it to “1”, the height of the photo will be equal to the calculated head size. The midpoint between the eyes will be at the center of the photo, the jawline will be at the bottom of the crop, with the same amount of space above the midpoint. If you set it to “2”, the height of the crop will be twice the height of the head. A value of “1.50” means the height of the crop will be one and a half times the height of the head.

Face X / Y Position - This is the relative coordinate of the point located between the eyes on the detected face. If you set it to 0.5 : 0.5, it will be at the exact center of the crop.

Auto Straighten Face - When checked, the program straightens the photo by rotating the image around the center of the face. See also Presets In Details - Straighten/Tilt.

Center Horizontally - By default, the program uses the point between the eyes as the center. But if the person in the photo has their head turned sideways, the point between their eyes is not the center of the person’s head. Here you can ask the program to center the person by leaving the same sized margins on the left and right of the person’s head. Or, if it is a body shot, you can select to center the figure with the same sized margins on the left and right of the whole body. (May not work well if the person’s head is tilted at an extreme angle or is obscured by objects. Does not work when two or more people are in the photo). See also Presets In Details - Extra Alignment.

Find Head Top - If this is not checked, the program assumes that the face you are working with has ideal proportions. This means the distance from the center point to the lower jaw point is exactly the same as the distance between that center point and the topmost point of the head. This is usually true for a person with very short hair, or bald, who keeps their head straight. If the head is tilted, or if the person has a big hairdo, these distances can be different. If you enable the Find Head Top option, the program looks above the center point to find the top of the head. (May not work well if the person’s head is tilted at an extreme angle or is obscured by objects. Does not work when two or more people are in the photo). See also Presets In Details - Extra Alignment.

Extra Tilt - This sets an angle to tilt the picture. The center point of the rotation is the face center. If the Straighten option is enabled, the image will be straightened first and then tilted. See also Presets In Details - Straighten/Tilt.

Fixed Pixel Export Width - If this field is zero, the program exports the crop at the same size it was cut from the photo. If this field is not zero, the program resizes the crop to the selected size.

Guides Inset X / Y (Pixels) - This option draws a guide rectangle inside the crop box. The rectangle inset is counted in pixels of the original image.

Horizontal / Vertical Guides - These guides are drawn over the crop preview to help you with photo alignment. You may select up to three horizontal and three vertical lines here. If you want more lines, you can add them by editing the preset as a plain text file.