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Smart Cropping with the MDC

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Smart Crop allows you to create cropped versions of your images using a smart algorithm. Smart Crop generates a cropped version with the specified width and height, that contains the region of interest.

Region-of-Interest

The Smart Cropping Editor allows you to set the region-of-interest (ROI) for a single asset. The different crops will be generated based on your selected ROI. 

Note: If no region-of-interest is set, the whole image is used as ROI.

 

How to set the Region-of-Interest

Open up an asset within your Canto library and use the MDC Crop Editor in the toolbar

 

If there is no icon in the toolbar, then navigate to the asset's information page. Under Media Delivery Cloud click on the MDC Crop Editor link.You might need to re-authenticate.The Smart Cropping Editor will open up in a new window.

Click on the image and drag the blue selection box over the desired area of the image. The blue box shows the current ROI. Change the area if necessary by clicking on the frame and moving it while holding down the left mouse button, or by selecting one of the dots to resize the frame. You can then close the Smart Cropping Editor.

 

How to delete an existing Region-of-Interest

  1. Click within the Smart Cropping Editor on the three dots.
  2. Select Delete.

 

Using Smart Crop with the MDC Embed Tool

In the MDC Embed Tool, enabling Smart Crop will add the feature to the generated URL.

Smart Crop allows you to create cropped versions of your images using a smart algorithm. Smart Crop generates a cropped version with the specified width and height, that contains the region of interest. The region of interest will be fully placed in the resulting crop, and its location within the cropped image is controlled using the Orientation setting. The example above results in a cropped image that is 640x480 pixels and has the region of interest placed in the top left corner of the image.

If no region of interest is defined, Smart Crop uses the whole image as the region of interest.

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