Crop Tool
The crop tool can be set by the menu Tools or by the Crop Tool box located in Composition Page of the Tool Panel
The crop can be applied freely or with a fixed ratio. Check mark the Constrain ratio option and choose the ratio into the combo box.
Click on the button, click on the image and drag a frame. The size of the cropped area is displayed into the tool box.

You can move the frame with the mouse using the middle button or drag one of the eight grips to resize the cropped area, always with the middle button of the mouse.
The crop area can be moved or resized more precisely with the shortcuts.
Shortcuts |
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Ctrl + C | Start the crop tool. |
Enter | Apply the cropping. |
Esc | Cancel the cropping. |
Arrow up | Move the frame to the top side. |
Arrow right | Move the frame to the right side. |
Arrow down | Move the frame to the down side. |
Arrow left | Move the frame to the left side. |
Ctrl + Arrow up | Enlarge the frame on the top side. |
Ctrl + Arrow right | Enlarge the frame on the right side. |
Ctrl + Arrow down | Enlarge the frame on the down side. |
Ctrl + Arrow left | Enlarge the frame on the left side. |
Alt + Arrow up | Reduce the frame on the top side. |
Alt + Arrow right | Reduce the frame on the right side. |
Alt + Arrow down | Reduce the frame on the down side. |
Alt + Arrow left | Reduce the frame on the left side. |
The Shift key can be used with theses shortcuts as an accelerator.
Right click into the cropped area to see the contextual menu.
Options |
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Settings | Show the setting dialog box. |
Constrain ratio | Apply the ratio to the cropped frame. |
Unconstrain ratio | Return to freehand mode. |
Show grid | Display the grid. |
Extract image | Apply the cropping. |
Close crop tool | Cancel the cropping. |

The setting dialog
Here, you can set more parametres for the cropping.
Options |
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Ratio | Check mark the ratio option desired. The option Defined propose some common ratios, check mark the option Reverse to switch the orientation from landscape to portrait. You can set your own ratio with the option Custom and, if you check mark the option Append, your custom ratio will be added permanently into the defined ratios. |
Transform | Choose the desired option for the resizing with the corner's grips. |
Grid | Check mark this option if you want always the grid when you use the crop tool. |
