Add crop feature for images

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My slideshow with a fixed size (important for the layout of the site) is 
cropping images in an 
unappealing way, and there is no way to control it with your plugin. I think it 
would be great if you 
could integrate Scissors plugin (or the equivalent) into NextGEN gallery OR 
allow for choice of which 
part of the image gets displayed in the fixed size slideshow, like the 
thumbnails.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
NextGEN gallery Version 1.4.3/Mac OS 10.4.11

Original issue reported on code.google.com by semidiv...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2010 at 12:52

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I'm not the author of the slideshow. So I can't control it, I just us it....

Original comment by alex.cologne on 9 Feb 2010 at 1:36

• Changed state: WontFix

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No I mean for the images I upload PRIOR to using them in the slideshow... being 
able to crop them (a la 
scissors... do you know that plugin? 
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/scissors/) like you can with the 
Wordpress default media upload. Your plugin allows us to resize, that's it.

So basically I was using the slideshow as an illustration for why not having 
cropping tools for the larger images 
(like you do for the thumbnails) is a problem. Will you reopen the issue?

Original comment by semidiv...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2010 at 8:09

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So you need a crop feature for the original images ?

Original comment by alex.cologne on 9 Feb 2010 at 8:13

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Priority-Low, Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium, Type-Defect

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Yes that would be great!

Original comment by semidiv...@gmail.com on 9 Feb 2010 at 8:15

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Ok, I keep it in the wish list

Original comment by alex.cologne on 9 Feb 2010 at 8:20

• Changed title: Add crop feature for images

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+1 I too see use for crop functionality for original image in NextGen Gallery.

Original comment by mail%lne...@gtempaccount.com on 17 Mar 2010 at 3:49

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I also think this would be a very useful feature.

Original comment by ellie.ro...@gmail.com on 28 Mar 2010 at 1:03

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Custom cropping with Scissors (That is a very practical plugin!) is very 
important
for Nextgen, in my opinion! 
to decide how a thumbnail looks like is one of the most important things for a
gallery plugin.

As WP now offers an integrated crop functionality in it's media library, it is, 
I
think, very important to integrate it in Nextgen too, otherwise users will feel 
that
this is a drawback for nextgen.

Or, another idea would be to allow nextgen to use images that were uploaded and
custom cropped (for the thumbnail) in the media library (the native image 
management
system of WP 2.9+). This would allow to merge the cropping function of Media 
Library
of WP with the great administrative functions of NextGen.

Original comment by horia.ma...@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 9:11

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@horia.marinescu: Editing a thumbnail is already possible, look for the picture 
in the 
NextGEN gallery and hover over it, you will see a few links appear "View | Meta 
| Edit 
thumb | Rotate | Delete". By clicking on "Edit thumb" you will be able to drag 
a box 
on the original picture and thereby making a selection of the image to display 
as 
thumbnail.

What I would like to see is the possibility to edit the original uploaded 
picture with 
something like Scissors.

Original comment by mail%lne...@gtempaccount.com on 12 May 2010 at 1:40