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Abstract

Method of cropping digital images and ordering of the cropped digital images advantageously uses the Print Wizard application of a computer operating system. The method modifies the Print Wizard application to include a cropping tool application written in a client sided scripted language which modifies the Print Wizard application to provide a user controlled cropping tool for imulating the cropping of digital images. The operating system can receive the cropping application by downloading of the cropping application from a photographic print server when the personal computer initiates contact with the print server. It is also possible that the Print Wizard has previously been modified by having the cropping application as part of the Print Wizard application initially or having previously been modified. The modified Print Wizard application allows modification by simulating a form of cropping and deriving cropping instructions associated with particular digital images. The user then instructs the server with respect to his order which includes the capability of including cropping instructions with respect to any of the digital images. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the cropping application uses a fixed aspect ratio for varying the cropping tool in accordance with a print size previously indicated by the user for that particular digital image or for the digital prints as a group. Preferably the cropping tool is written in JAVASCRIPT. This particular method and program has particular application for operating systems which have a web browser type approach for the operation thereof. The invention may also be used to prepare images for display on devices such as cell phones, PDA's, and digital picture frames.

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First Claim