Hi ha moltes raons per a escapçar una imatge; per exemple, ajustar una imatge per a omplir un marc, eliminar una part del fons per a ressaltar l'objecte principal, etc. Hi ha dos mètodes per a activar l'eina Escapça. Prémer el botó
en la caixa d'eines o usar → → en la finestra d'imatge. Això canviarà el cursor i us permetrà fer clic i arrossegar una forma rectangular. El botó en la caixa d'eines és la millor manera de seleccionar qualsevol eina.
Feu clic sobre un cantó de l'àrea d'escapçada desitjada i arrossegueu el ratolí per a crear el rectangle d'escapçada. No cal que sigueu acurats perquè després podeu canviar la forma exacta del rectangle.
After completing the click and drag motion, a rectangle with special regions is shown on the canvas. As the cursor is moved over the different areas of the selected crop area, the cursor changes. You can then drag the rectangle's corners or edges to change the dimensions of the selected area. As shown in the figure above, as the crop area is resized, the dimensions and ratio are shown in the status bar. Double-click inside the rectangle or press Enter to complete cropping. See Secció 4.4, «Escapça» for more information on cropping in GIMP.
If you would like to crop the image in a specific aspect ratio, such as a square, make sure the tool options are visible ( Fixed and make sure the drop-down box next to it is set to Aspect Ratio. You can now type the desired aspect ratio on the text box below, such as «1:1».
→ → ). In the Tool Options dockable, check the mark next toYou also have controls to change the aspect from landscape to portrait. After you set the aspect ratio, drag one of the corners of the crop rectangle to update it. The rectangle changes to the chosen ratio, and when you drag it should maintain that ratio.