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Cropping

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    185174
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    Cropping an image, which is where you remove all of the stuff you don't want, is a good skill to have for a variety of reasons.  You might want to focus on an important part of an image. You might want to remove something from a picture for whatever reason.  Who knows?

    Objective: Use Pixlr to crop an image

    Directions:

    1. Find an image you'd like to crop and save it to your computer
    2. Go to http://pixlr.com and select "Pixlr Editor"
    3. Select "Open Image From My Computer" and open the image
    4. Choose the "Crop tool" and select the part of the image you want to keep
    5. Crop it!
    6. Save it!
    7. Upload it to the Discussion Board

    Cropping is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by LibreTexts.

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