Tips for Making and Using Cropped Digital Photos

Photo cropping is a tool that cuts out the section of a photo that you want to keep and then discards the rest. This is an easy way of removing people or objects from a photo edge. It also is a wonderful way of creating close up pictures.

This is done in some programs by right clicking and dragging the cursor diagonally across the area wanted and then releasing the button at the finish point. Then you have to click on "crop" under the edit menu. Some programs require you to click on crop before defining the area to be cropped, then requiring a confirmation crop before the process is finished.

Once you have mastered the technique of cropping photos, then you will be able to enjoy creating crafts or gifts with cropped photos. One fun and reflective way to use cropped photos is to renovate the family photo album. Buy a new photo album and plenty of ink and photo paper. Then crop your way through the album photo by photo until you have a fresh batch of family photos. Add the photos to the new album in the same order as the originals or place as your mood suggests. Inside the album cover, inscribe the date finished and who did the work. Alternatively, I chose photos that focused on my young kids playing and made my album.

Cropped photos can also be used to decorate pillows, shirts, table mats, etc... You will need paper, an iron, and iron on printer ink. After cropping the desired photo, print with the iron on ink. Pin the paper to the cloth being decorated and iron. That is all there is to decorating cloth with cropped photos. My aunt made a quilt once with the blocks holding pictures of various family members.

Family photo trees are becoming a popular way to show off a collection of photos. Fortunately, with cropped photos you can rest assured that the photos will look nice. A series of cropped photos that focus on a specific theme or person helps to create a comfortable room atmosphere. For some people, having a collection of cropped landscape photos is more relaxing than one painting. This project also makes a wonderful digital photo gift. If an entire collection seems to big a gift, then try giving a single cropped and framed photo.

As you can see, cropping adds another level to the versatility of digital photos. By creating new photos and increasing your digital photo library, photo projects will be easier to finish and more projects will become available.