james at thehales.id.au wrote: > Jacque wrote: >> I agree with the concept in general, but the word "crop" implies >> permanent removal. When you crop an image, it permanently erases the >> parts outside the rectangle. Unfortunately I can't think of a better >> term. Maybe something like "prevent auto-resizing"? > > Actually it doesn't (in practice). > Many of the apps I use, use a non destructive crop. > That is, the viewable area is reduced to the crop but the full object > is still there.
It varies by app, but it may be worth noting that in LiveCode we have a crop command, and it permanently erases the area outside the crop rect.
I know it may sound geeky, but maybe describing the clipsToRect with the verb "clips" may not be bad.
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