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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">9.16.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Autocrop Image</span>
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  26.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-image-crop.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev" /></a>¬†</td>
  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">9.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">The ‚Äú<span class="quote">Image</span>‚Äù Menu</span>
  29.   </th>
  30.           <td width="20%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="plug-in-zealouscrop.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="gimp-image-autocrop"></a>9.16.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Autocrop Image</span>
  41.   </h3>
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  46.                 <tr>
  47.                   <th align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">
  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2336 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2007-11-07</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  63.       <p>
  64.     The <span class="guimenuitem">Autocrop Image</span> command removes the
  65.     borders from an image. It searches the active layer for the largest
  66.     possible border area that is all the same color, and then crops this
  67.     area from the image, as if you had used the
  68.     <a class="link" href="gimp-tool-crop.html" title="4.4.¬† Crop">Crop</a> tool.
  69.   </p>
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  74.               <img alt="[Caution]" src="../images/caution.png" />
  75.             </td>
  76.             <th align="left">Caution</th>
  77.           </tr>
  78.           <tr>
  79.             <td align="left" valign="top">
  80.               <p>
  81.       Note carefully that this command only uses the
  82.       <span class="emphasis"><em>active layer</em></span>
  83.       of the image to find borders. If other layers have color variations
  84.       extending into the border zone of the active layer, they are cropped
  85.       away.
  86.     </p>
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  93.           <div>
  94.             <div>
  95.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2700168"></a>9.16.1.¬†
  96.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Activate the Command</span>
  97.     </h4>
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  101.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  102.           <ul type="disc">
  103.             <li>
  104.               <p>
  105.           You can access this command from the image menubar through
  106.           <span class="guimenu"><span class="accel">I</span>mage</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">A</span>utocrop Image</span>.
  107.         </p>
  108.             </li>
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  115.             <div>
  116.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2700216"></a>9.16.2.¬†
  117.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Example</span>
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  124.           <p class="title">
  125.             <b>Figure¬†15.81.¬†
  126.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">‚Äú<span class="quote">Autocrop</span>‚Äù example</span>
  127.       </b>
  128.           </p>
  129.           <div class="figure-contents">
  130.             <div class="mediaobject">
  131.               <img src="../images/menus/autocrop-1.png" alt="Autocrop example" />
  132.               <div class="caption">
  133.                 <p>
  134.             This image is made of three layers. One with a red square,
  135.             another with a green square; both on a yellow semi-transparent
  136.             background. The green layer is active.
  137.           </p>
  138.               </div>
  139.             </div>
  140.             <div class="mediaobject">
  141.               <img src="../images/menus/autocrop-2.png" alt="Autocrop example" />
  142.               <div class="caption">
  143.                 <p>
  144.             ‚Äú<span class="quote">Autocrop</span>‚Äù has cropped the green square and made a
  145.             layer from it. The other layers have been cropped to the same
  146.             size as the green one. Only a small part of the red square has
  147.             been kept.
  148.           </p>
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  163.               <img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up" />
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  166.           <td width="40%" align="right">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="plug-in-zealouscrop.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next" /></a></td>
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  169.           <td width="40%" align="left" valign="top"><a accesskey="p" href="gimp-image-crop.html">9.15.¬†
  170.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Crop to Selection</span>
  171.   </a>¬†</td>
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  173.             <a accesskey="h" href="index.html">
  174.               <img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home" />
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  177.           <td width="40%" align="right" valign="top">¬†<a accesskey="n" href="plug-in-zealouscrop.html">9.17.¬†
  178.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Zealous Crop</span>
  179.   </a></td>
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