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Cropping Guide

How to Crop Images

This guides is intended to help you understand the process of converting an image from any aspect ratio to a portrait aspect ratio of 3:4. This allows the image to appear correctly on the credential.

• Cropping with JPEGCrops
• Cropping with GIMP

Cropping with JPEGCrops

Download JPEGCrops

Crop with JPEGCrops to Make Portrait Image - Instruction Video

Steps

1Open JPEGCrops.

2Open photo.

• Select File > Open Images.
• ... or drag photo into JPEGCrops window

3Click and drag in image window to create a 3:4 cropping box.

4Click inside the crop box and drag to reposition.

5Click Crop button to complete cropping.
- This will create your cropped image in the same folder as the opened image.

Cropping with GIMP

Get GIMP at www.gimp.org

Steps

1Open GIMP.

2Open image.

• Select File > Open.
• ... or drag photo into GIMP window.

3Set cropping parameters.

• Select Crop tool.
• Check "Fixed: Aspect ratio".
• Set ratio to 3:4.

4Click and drag to create crop box with correct aspect.

• Resize by clicking at edge of box and dragging.
• Move by clicking in box and dragging.

5Hit "Enter" to crop.

6Save new portrait image.

• Select File > Save As.
• Pick location and filename (should end in .jpg).
• Select "Export" and set quality to 100%.