100% Crop?

[SWPhotoImaging]

What is meant by a "100% Crop"?

I've seen this in descriptions of images in sharing forums and don't get it. I would think a 100% crop would be the whole image?

[Tom W]

100% crop means that an image was saved at its original size (such as 2272 X 1704 pixels) but the image shown on the screen is a portion of the original image cropped down to whatever size is shown on the screen. The advantage is that such a crop at 100% magnification will show the image in a condition where it's easier to see faults and problems. Normally, a full-sized digital picture is way too large to fit on the screen, so a 100% image is cropped to show the quality of the picture as if it were your own picture enlarged to its actual pixel size.

I hope this helps - it's sometimes hard to put these things into words.

[pradeep1]

Do this. Open up your favorite picture in an editing program.

Zoom in so you are seeing the picture in actual size (100%).

Crop a small part of it, say a central 4 inch X 4 inch square.

You now have a 100% crop, since the 4X4 square contains the part of the picture as you would have seen it if you had zoomed in to 100% total image size.

[SWPhotoImaging]

got it.

thanks