Patent ID: 7675528

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for facilitating user customization of the image content of an image container in an electronic product design, the method comprising displaying, by at least one processor, an electronic product design to a user, the product design containing at least one user-customizable image container, the image container having image content displayed to the user, the displayed image content of the image container being a portion of a base image; while the product design is being displayed to the user, allowing, by at least one processor, the user to select the image container in the product design for customization of the portion of the base image to be displayed as the image content of the image container, and while the product design is being displayed to the user and the image container is selected, allowing, by at least one processor, the user to activate a cropping tool for the selected image container, the cropping tool upon activation displaying to the user both the entire base image and a cropping indicator positioned to indicate to the user the portion of the base image that is the current displayed image content of the selected image container in the displayed product design.