Patent Document ID: 7643704
Application ID: 11051193
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of using a device capable of cropping a digital image stored in an image file in a storage device for producing a cropped digital image, the method comprising: (a) cropping the digital image to produce a first cropped digital image, the first cropped digital image having a first size and a first aspect ratio; (b) determining, based on the location of the cropping, at least one reserve portion of the image adjacent to at least one edge of the first cropped digital image; (c) storing, in the image file in the storage device, the first cropped digital image and the reserve(s); (d) retrieving the first cropped digital image from the image file in the storage device; and (e) appending at least a portion of at least one reserve to the cropped digital image to produce a second cropped digital image, the second cropped digital image having a second aspect ratio different than the first aspect ratio.