Cropping images

Dentrix lets you crop an image in the Patient Picture window to remove unwanted details, improve the framing, emphasize the subject, or change the aspect ratio of the image.

To crop an image

1.   With a patient selected, from the File menu in the Family File, click Patient Picture.

The Patient Picture window appears.

2.   From the toolbar, click the Crop Image button.

The mouse pointer changes to a cropping tool.

3.   Drag the cropping tool over the area of the image that you want to crop.

A dotted line appears outlining the area you want retain in the new image.

4.   Release the mouse button, and then from the toolbar click the Save button.

Dentrix crops the image to the area you selected and expands the image to fill the Patient Picture window.