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Cropping (image)

Cropping is the removal of unwanted outer areas from a photographic or illustrated image. The process usually consists of the removal of some of the peripheral areas of an image to remove extraneous visual data from the picture, improve its framing, change the aspect ratio, or accentuate or isolate the subject matter from its background. Depending on the…

Standards, In photography, print, and design & In cinematography and broadcasting

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In photography, print, and design

ImagePhoto manipulationPhotographCompositionAviation photography
15 related topics

In cinematography and broadcasting

LetterboxFilmmakingMattesAnamorphicPanavision
9 related topics

Digital image manipulation

Texture synthesisWayback MachinePlug-inGIMPGenerative AI
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Additional methods

VignettingMatPicture frame
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In photography, print, and design

In cinematography and broadcasting

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Digital image manipulation

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Cropping (image)

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples6
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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image cropping aspect ratio film widescreen letterbox broadcasting cropped original process photographic top bottom figure unwanted removal areas photograph photography

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
letterboxinginstance ofis dependent upon a variety of soft matting techniques0.80text
which involves varying degrees of image croppinginstance ofis dependent upon a variety of soft matting techniques0.80text
1.78instance ofmovies are sometimes filmed in a taller aspect ratio0.80text
sky or grassinstance ofwhich is relatively easy if the edge of the image has low detail or is a chaotic natural pattern0.80text
but does not work if discernible objects are cut off at the boundaryinstance ofwhich is relatively easy if the edge of the image has low detail or is a chaotic natural pattern0.80text
such as half a carinstance ofwhich is relatively easy if the edge of the image has low detail or is a chaotic natural pattern0.80text

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