[Digikam-devel] [Bug 138931] New: Allow crop maintaining H/W ratio locked; selectable ratios covering typical print sizes

[Ar]

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           Summary: Allow crop maintaining H/W ratio locked; selectable
                    ratios covering typical print sizes
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Image Editor
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: ari.reads gmail com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

It would be really helpful to have an option in the Crop tool so that the crop box width-to-height ratio is kept constant at a predetermined value; typical ratios would be selectable (and possibly a custom ratio as well); this ratios would cover the typical printing ratios (and their inverses), for example:

  () 6/4    () 4/6
  () 10/8   () 8/10
  () 11/8.5 () 8.5/11
  () 19/13  () 13/19
  () Custom

Of course, in this mode the Crop box would be resizable, but the ratio is enforced.

This would be a great help when doing creative cropping for pics that need to be printed in a photo Lab, and when cropping different images that later on will have to be resized to fit equal image placeholder.

Thanks!