Digital image crop and order linked to a physical cropping tool
AssigneeQurio Holdings, Inc.
InventorsCheryl Adams, Patricia Scardino
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for cropping images for scrapbook pages. In general, a desired area of a digital image is identified in a software environment. The desired area has a shape corresponding to a select cropping tool for physically cropping the digital image. Cropping information defining the desired area is generated and stored in association with the digital image. Using the cropping information, a crop-assisted version of the digital image identifying the desired area of the digital image and the select cropping tool is generated and printed. As such, the crop-assisted version of the digital image may be easily cropped using the select cropping tool when physically creating a scrapbook page.
Claims22
A method of operation of a computer programmed to perform photo editing operations, comprising:
- identifying, by the computer programmed to perform photo editing operations, a desired area of a digital image, the desired area having a shape corresponding to a shape of a select physical cropping tool;
- generating, at the computer, cropping information defining the desired area;
- storing the cropping information in association with the digital image;
- and
- generating a crop-assisted version of the digital image based on the cropping information, the crop-assisted version of the digital image identifying the desired area of the digital image and the select physical cropping tool;
- wherein identifying the desired area of the digital image comprises:
- selecting the select physical cropping tool from a set of physical cropping tools;
- and
- positioning a crop shape corresponding to the shape of the select physical cropping tool over the desired area of the digital image.
A computer readable medium storing software adapted to instruct a system to:
- identify a desired area of a digital image, the desired area having a shape corresponding to a shape of a select physical cropping tool;
- generate cropping information defining the desired area;
- store the cropping information in association with the digital image;
- and
- generate a crop-assisted version of the digital image based on the cropping information, wherein the crop-assisted version of the digital image identifies the desired area of the digital image and the select physical cropping tool;
- wherein, in order to identify the desired area of the digital image the software is further adapted to instruct the system to:
- select the select physical cropping tool from a set of physical cropping tools;
- and
- position a crop shape corresponding to the shape of the select physical cropping tool over the desired area of the digital image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.