cropping
Removing image borders
Cropping is the act of cutting away unwanted outer portions—most often from photographs or images to improve composition or focus on a subject: The cropping removed the distracting background.
In agriculture, cropping refers to cultivating crops or the cycle of planting and harvesting: crop rotation, continuous cropping.
Hair or ears may be cropped short.
Cutting away excess
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- selectionChosen item or items
- cutoutShape removed from material
canvas · adjustment · transformation · masking · retouching · enhancement · manipulation · photoshop
Soil preparation for planting
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
- farmlandAgricultural terrain
rotation · planting · yield · harvest · acreage · fallow · irrigation · fertilizing
Cutting away excess
- clippersHandheld cutting implements
- shearsHeavy-duty cutting blades
- haircutStyling by trimming
- stylistHair or fashion expert
barber · layers · bangs · fade · buzzcut · undercut · shave · neaten
Heavy-duty cutting blades
- clippingPiece cut out
- thinningReducing density or number
- shapingGiving something its form
- topiaryShaped shrub sculpture
hedge · bonsai · deadheading · pinching · secateurs · loppers · canopy · vines
Cutting crops for collection
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
sickle · scythe · sheaf · winnowing · gleaning · swath · paddy · binder
trimming
Cutting away excess
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- selectionChosen item or items
cutout · canvas · adjustment · transformation · masking · retouching · enhancement · manipulation · photoshop · lightroom
tillage
Soil preparation for planting
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- plowingTurning earth for crops
- cultivationFostering growth through care
farmland · rotation · planting · yield · harvest · acreage · fallow · irrigation · fertilizing · monoculture
trimming
Cutting away excess
stylist · barber · layers · bangs · fade · buzzcut · undercut · shave · neaten · grooming
shears
Heavy-duty cutting blades
topiary · hedge · bonsai · deadheading · pinching · secateurs · loppers · canopy · vines · orchard
reaping
Cutting crops for collection
combine · sickle · scythe · sheaf · winnowing · gleaning · swath · paddy · binder · autumn
composition
Arranged elements forming whole
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
- viewfinderCamera's composition window
- reframingChanging interpretive context
zoom · lens · angle · focus · portrait · landscape · snapshot · tightening · headroom
- designdesign principles, functionality, emphasis, unity, graphic design
- photographycamera, photo, flash, lens, shooting
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- editingediting, cut, copy, paste, delete
- removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
- composition rulesgrid, thirds, intersection, focal point, balance
croppingenlarging
Increasing the size of
expanding · extending · widening · zooming out · padding
croppingplanting
Placing seeds in earth
sowing · seeding · cultivating · growing · fallowing
croppingextending
Increasing in reach
lengthening · growing · elongating · adding · preserving
- cropping upAppearing unexpectedly, repeatedly
- cropping outEditing image boundaries
- strip croppingAlternating planted bands
- photo croppingRemoving parts of pictures
- ear croppingSurgical ear shortening