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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 98465" data-attributes="member: 14215">ASPECT CORRECTNESS:I must admit that the aspect ratios (zoom modes) dont act as i thought they would on cropped material(thats the problem with testing the cropper on a 4:3 PC monitor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. I do plan to look into this to make it possible to get aspect correct cropping.As a quick fix, i will probably add an option to restrict the crop to 16:9. The plan was to include this in the first release, but i started wondering what would happen if something weird like anamorphic letterboxed material showed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Im open to ideas on the best way to handle these issues.ABOUT LOGOS:If you have problems with logos, then you need to adjust the top(or bottom) start/end scan parameters (and yes i know the help doesnt explain this, it will soon). The cropper will include EVERYTHING it scans and finds not to be black bars(ie also logos). The default settings exclude all logos used on danish TV channels by not scanning the place on the screen they occupy. For example, if the logo is in the top right corner and is included with the current settings, then decrease the Top Scan End parameter, to avoid scanning the part of the frame containing the logo. The top scan start/end parameters tell the cropper how much of each line in the image to scan, for example if you set it to 0% - 50% it will in the search for the top part of the image scan the left half of the frame.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 98465, member: 14215"] ASPECT CORRECTNESS: I must admit that the aspect ratios (zoom modes) dont act as i thought they would on cropped material(thats the problem with testing the cropper on a 4:3 PC monitor ;). I do plan to look into this to make it possible to get aspect correct cropping. As a quick fix, i will probably add an option to restrict the crop to 16:9. The plan was to include this in the first release, but i started wondering what would happen if something weird like anamorphic letterboxed material showed :) Im open to ideas on the best way to handle these issues. ABOUT LOGOS: If you have problems with logos, then you need to adjust the top(or bottom) start/end scan parameters (and yes i know the help doesnt explain this, it will soon). The cropper will include EVERYTHING it scans and finds not to be black bars(ie also logos). The default settings exclude all logos used on danish TV channels by not scanning the place on the screen they occupy. For example, if the logo is in the top right corner and is included with the current settings, then decrease the Top Scan End parameter, to avoid scanning the part of the frame containing the logo. The top scan start/end parameters tell the cropper how much of each line in the image to scan, for example if you set it to 0% - 50% it will in the search for the top part of the image scan the left half of the frame. [/QUOTE]

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