64 Cropping Images

You can improve images after you’ve already snapped them by using a photo-editing program to crop, or trim away, outer portions of the picture. Sometimes it’s difficult to settle on the best composition by looking through the viewfinder or at the display, and sometimes you change your mind afterward about what works best. You might decide a square format works better than the traditional rectangular one or you might discover a new detail that you want to highlight after taking another look at your image.

Cropping in GIMP

Select the Crop tool.

Click and drag the pointer over your image to create a rectangular selection of the picture area you wish to keep. After drawing the rectangle, you can adjust it by clicking and dragging its edges or corners. You can also click and drag in the middle of the rectangle to move it around the picture.