DFS 8.1.0 - 4 How to crop images

DAM for Sitecore has a tool for cropping images. The tool will not touch the original asset. Instead, it creates a new asset, which is an edited version of the asset. It is an independent asset, but it descents from the original asset and will inherit the metadata too.

In the small toolbar in the detailed preview, you can click on the crop button and this will open the Crop tool.

On the left-hand size, the mouse marks the area, which is used as a new asset. Often an image is cropped to a specific aspect ratio and it looks like this:

To make the new crop, push the button Start crop. Just as with upload. This triggers some automated workflows in Digizuite™ DAM and the assets are not available before the workflows are completed.

Tip! Often several images need to be cropped because a new batch of photos has arrived. We suggest a work routine, where the DAM Explorer is used to crop all images as an independent work routine. This way, the crops will be ready in Sitecore by the time the content has been created and time will not be lost waiting.