About Image Cropping

A digital image is made up of pixels. Cropping is the process of removing selected pixels from a digital image. For example, an uncropped scan of a 35mm slide will contain a black border around the image data, this is the slide mount. This can be removed by cropping, but in addition to removing the black border some of the image data will be removed as well. Below are a couple of before and after examples of the cropping process. It will give you a rough idea of how much area is removed by cropping.

If you want us to crop your images we can do this at no additional cost. Since we process each image individually by hand we try to maximize the image data if you have selected cropping as an option. Keep in mind that you can crop your own images using an image editing program.

No Cropping	Amount Cropped	Cropped Image