Electronic device and method for image editing

An electronic device, comprising:

• a display screen;
• and
• an editing unit, comprising:
• a constructing module operable to construct a virtual wallpaper interface on the display screen, the virtual wallpaper interface comprising an image display area and a preview window;
• an importing module operable to import an image from the image display area to the preview window, and proportionally resize the image for displaying in the preview window while preserving an original display ratio of the image;
• a detecting module operable to detect whether the display ratio of the resized image is greater than the aspect ratio of the preview window;
• an editing module operable to crop portions of the resized image beyond sides of a display area of the preview window to generate an edited image that fits the aspect ratio of the preview window, upon a condition that the display ratio of the resized image is greater than the aspect ratio of the preview window, or merge at least one image selected from the image display area with the resized image, and crops portions of the merged image beyond the sides of the display area of the preview window to generate an edited image that fits the aspect ratio of the preview window, upon a condition that the display ratio of the resized image is not greater than the aspect ratio of the preview window;
• and
• a generation module operable to generate a desired image by proportionally enlarging the edited image to cover the entire display screen while preserving an original display ratio of the edited image.

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a electronic device, cause the processor to implement a method for image editing of the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display screen, the method comprising:

• constructing a virtual wallpaper interface on a display screen, the virtual wallpaper interface comprising an image display area and a preview window;
• importing an image from the image display area to the preview window, and proportionally resizing the image for displaying in the preview window while preserving an original display ratio of the image;
• detecting whether the display ratio of the resized image is greater than an aspect ratio of the preview window;
• cropping portions of the resized image beyond sides of a display area of the preview window to generate an edited image that fits the aspect ratio of the preview window, upon a condition that the display ratio of the resized image is greater than the aspect ratio of the preview window;
• or
• merging at least one image selected from the image display area with the resized image and cropping portions of the merged image beyond the sides of the display area of the preview window to generate an edited image that fits the aspect ratio of the preview window, upon a condition that the display ratio of the resized image is not greater than the aspect ratio of the preview window;
• and
• proportionally enlarging the edited image to cover the entire display screen while preserving an original display ratio of the edited image to generate a desired image.