Konica Minolta IV - Manual (Page 52)

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DVANCED SCANNING
Manual cropping
With the pointer is outside the cropping
frame, click and drag to define a new
cropping frame.
Pressing the auto-cropping button again
resets the cropping frame around the image
area. The cropping frame can be reset to
cover the full prescan area by pressing the
control key (Windows) or the command key
(Macintosh) and A key at the same time.
To move the cropping frame, place the
mouse pointer in the center of the cropping
frame; the pointer will change to a four-
pointed arrow. Simply click and drag the
entire frame over the image area.
Clicking the auto-cropping button to display
the cropping frame marquee.
To enlarge or reduce the cropping frame,
place the mouse pointer over the corners or
sides of the cropping frame; the pointer will
change to a double arrow. Simply click and
drag the edge of the frame to adjust the
cropping area.
Click the crop-prescan button to make a prescan
of the cropped area. To cancel the cropping,
press the prescan button.
Cropping is a method of recomposing the image by eliminating unnecessary space
around the subject. Many images are improved by cutting out distracting elements in
the background.