It's not just you. I had to explain to almost all of my clients how to crop because they had the same problem as you :)
But I must say that, if you think in UX, select and then crop is more easy and intuitive than "Select that you want to crop -> select -> then crop". As you say, we have in mind our Photoshop culture :) -- Rafael Poveda <RaveN> | Mecus.es | [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) | [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) | twitter: bi0xid | gtalk: rafael.poveda | skype: nathaniel_ | +34.620.739.206 El viernes 15 de julio de 2011 a las 13:31, Dave Churchill escribió: > OK, figured it out - although have to say I've be using Photoshop and image > editors for a long time and think perhaps Editor needs slightly better notes? > > Perhaps: > > Thumbnail Settings (help) > The thumbnail image can be cropped differently. For example it can be square > or contain only a portion of the original image to showcase it better. Here > you can select whether to apply changes to all image sizes or make the > thumbnail different. After making your selection, click the Crop button [crop > icon], then click Save. > > I wrongly assumed the crop icon was used in a similar way to say Photoshop, > i.e. you clicked it, made you selection and then clicked Save. Hadn't > realised you made your selection and then clicked Crop - seems back to front > to me, or perhaps I've been using Photoshop for too long :-) > > Regards, > David > > > > On 15 Jul 2011, at 11:56, Dave Churchill wrote: > > > Hi, seeking some advice. > > > > When editing images in the Media Library, I can't seem to edit/crop the > > Thumbnails. Sometimes it seems to work, but I'd say 99% of the time it > > doesn't do anything at all. I'm also uncertain what's best practice, as the > > Save button is greyed out (is that right?) so I'm assuming you just need to > > use the Update Media button? > > > > I've looked through Track and see there are several media related problems, > > but nothing appears specific to editing thumbnails? > > > > I'm using WordPress 3.2.1 and have the same problems with Chrome and Safari > > on the Mac. Interesting I did have similar problems on 3.1, but I'd say a > > 50% success rate! > > > > Original images are 600x450 pixels, thumbnails are set to 150x150 pixels > > with "Crop thumbnail to exact dimensions..." ticked. > > > > Any thoughts/suggestions? > > > > Regards, > > David > > _______________________________________________ > wp-testers mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers _______________________________________________ wp-testers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers
