The new Cheetah image cropper.
When the cropper first loads it will default to the cropper set at a 1:1
aspect ratio. This allows you to crop square images. The image below shows what
the cropper looks like when it first loads.

To change the aspect ratio of the cropper, click the Select Aspect
Ratio button. You will get a menu that looks like this.

There are 5 options available from the menu. Each are described below.
- Free
- This option allows you to freely position the cropper to anywhere on
the image and resize the cropper to any size within the image. There is
no fixed aspect ratio with this option.
- 1:1
- This option is the default. The aspect ratio of 1:1 means a square.
With this setting, the cropper is locked to a 1:1 aspect ratio. You can
still resize and move the cropper within the image, but it will remain
fixed to the 1:1 aspect.
- 4:3
- The aspect ratio of 4:3 is the ratio used by older TV's and computer
monitors. Common resolutions of 800x600 and 1024x768 are this ratio. Now
that most things are widescreen, this ratio is not used much anymore.
With this setting, the cropper is locked to a 4.3 aspect ratio. You can
still resize and move the cropper within the image, but it will remain
fixed to the 4:3 aspect.
- 16:9
- The aspect ratio of 16:9 is used by most modern widescreen TV's and
computer monitors. It is the aspect ratio used by HD videos. Common
resolutions of 1280�720 (720p HD), 1920�1080 (1080p Full-HD) are
this ratio. You can still resize and move the cropper within the image,
but it will remain fixed to the 16:9 aspect.
- 112:31 (Profile Cover)
- The aspect ratio of 112:31 is used only for the Profile Cover
images of Cheetah and Dolphin. It is not used anywhere else. If your
cropping for a profile cover image, then this is option to select.
NOTE: Images you select to crop need to be at least
1120px wide. Any less than that and Cheetah or Dolphin will stretch the
image to fit the cover area. Stretched images do not look good, so start
with a high resolution image. You can still resize and move the cropper
within the image, but it will remain fixed to the 112:31 aspect.
Preview Area
The cropper preview area shows useful information you will want to pay
attention to when cropping a image. The preview area look like this.

The preview area has 9 sections that are described below. The ones you will
want to pay attention to the most are Width and Height. This is what your final
cropped image size will be when it is saved.
- Title
- This will show the title of the image being cropped, or None if the
image had no title.
- Preview Thumbs
- Just below the title are preview images of the cropped area shown in
4 different sizes.
- X
- This shows the horizontal position of the cropper within the image.
- Y
- This shows the vertical position of the cropper within the image.
- Width
- This shows the width of the cropper, and is what the width of the
cropped image will be.
- Height
- This shows the height of the cropper, and is what the height of the
cropped image will be.
- Rotate
- This shows the current degrees of image rotation. 0-360. Positive
numbers indicates the image was rotated clockwise and negative numbers
indicate the image was rotated counter clockwise.
- ScaleX
- To put it simply as this cropper only allows scale settings of 1 or
-1, it determines if the image has been flipped. In this case, 1
indicates normal, and -1 indicates the images has been flipped on it's X
axis(mirror image).
- ScaleY
- To put it simply as this cropper only allows scale settings of 1 or
-1, it determines if the image has been flipped. In this case, 1
indicates normal, and -1 indicates the images has been flipped on it's Y
axis(upside down).
Toolbars
The are 8 toolbar groups in the cropper. Each group is described below.
Toolbar Group 1

3 zoom group icon buttons as described below in order from left to right.
- Zoom In
- Clicking this icon will zoom in by a factor of 10.
- Zoom Out
- Clicking this icon will zoom out by a factor of 10.
- Reset Zoom
- Clicking this icon will reset the zoom level back to 0.
Toolbar Group 2

4 move group icon buttons as described below in order from left to right.
NOTE: The move icons will not have any effect if the image is not zoomed.
- Move Left
- Clicking this icon will allow you to move the image left by 10
pixels. It will not work if the image is not zoomed in so it's larger
than the canvas.
- Move Right
- Clicking this icon will allow you to move the image right by 10
pixels. It will not work if the image is not zoomed in so it's larger
than the canvas.
- Move Up
- Clicking this icon will allow you to move the image up by 10 pixels.
It will not work if the image is not zoomed in so it's larger than the
canvas.
- Move Down
- Clicking this icon will allow you to move the image down by 10
pixels. It will not work if the image is not zoomed in so it's larger
than the canvas.
Toolbar Group 3

2 rotate group icon buttons as described below in order from left to right.
- Rotate counter clockwise
- Clicking this icon will allow you to rotate the image counter
clockwise in 90 degree increments.
- Rotate clockwise
- Clicking this icon will allow you to rotate the image clockwise in
90 degree increments.
Toolbar Group 4

2 scale/flip group icon buttons as described below in order from left to
right.
- ScaleX
- Clicking this icon will allow you to flip the image on its X axis.
- ScaleY
- Clicking this icon will allow you to flip the image on its Y axis.
Toolbar Group 5

2 cropper show group icon buttons as described below in order from left to
right.
- Cropper Show
- Clicking this icon will show the cropper box if it has been hidden.
- Cropper Hide
- Clicking this icon will hide the cropper box. Useful if you want to
view the image without the cropbox in the way.
Toolbar Group 6

2 cropper enable group icon buttons as described below in order from left to
right.
- Cropper enable
- Clicking this icon will enable the cropper if it has been disabled.
- Cropper Disable
- Clicking this icon will disable the cropper. It locks the cropbox and toolbar control buttons so no changes can be made.
Toolbar Group 7

2 image canvas group icon buttons as described below in order from left to
right.
- Reset image
- Clicking this icon will reset the image and crop box to their
initial states
- Upload image
- Clicking this icon will allow you to upload a new image from your
computer to replace the image that is currently in the cropper.
Interestedly enough, you can use this feature to upload a new cropped
image to the album bypassing the normal upload to album procedure.
Toolbar Group 8

3 function group icon buttons as described below in order from left to right.
- Help
- Clicking this icon will pop up this help.
- Save
- Clicking this icon will allow you to save the cropped image to the
photo album, or download it. It will bring up a window that looks like
this.

- The popup dialog has 3 buttons as described below.
- Close
- This button closes the dialog window without doing anything.
- Save to Album
- This button uploads the cropped image to the same album you
were cropping the images from. It then redirects you to the new
image.
- Download
- This button allows you to download the cropped image. The
popup dialog box does not close after download. So if you want
to both download and save, then do this first, then save it.
- Cancel
- Clicking this icon will exit the cropper and take you back to the
previous page.