[Digikam-users] Is there a simple way to crop and print a picture in digikam?

[Chris G]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:59:22AM +0200, Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Friday 14 August 2009, Chris G wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:24:03AM -1000, Tim Jenness wrote:
> > >    On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Chris G <[1]cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > >      Is there a (reasonably) simple way to select part of an image an
> > >      print it in digikam?  At the moment I can't see any obvious way to
> > > do this though one would have thought it's a fairly common thing to want
> > > to do.
> > >
> > >    You can do it from showFoto (Open With -> showFoto) or hitting the
> > > Edit button at the top of the scren. Then you can crop it by clicking and
> > > dragging on the picture and printing it.
> > >    Tim
> >
> > OK, thanks, I think it's something that might be made easier somehow,
> > or at least easier to find.  I'm sure lots of people want (expect
> > even) to be able to do "crop and print".
> 
> I would expect such functionality in the print wizard. It's not there at 
> present, though.
> 
> The print wizard has a screen in which you can position images that don't 
> match the aspect ratio of the chosen print layout. Currently, it only allows 
> to move an image around. It would be great if this same screen would allow to 
> resize the image (effectively cropping it).
> 
Yes, that's exactly where I expected to find it too. 

> Just my 2 cents.
> 
... plus two pence.  :-)

-- 
Chris Green