Trim method

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Christopher O'Connor

June 03, 2013 09:46

Is there a way to apply a trim filter to remove image border (like trim method in ImageMagick http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#trim)

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  Itay Taragano

  June 03, 2013 14:21

  Hi Christopher, 

  Cloudinary supports trimming white space around images using the 'trim' effect ( e_trim ).

  Here's an image example:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_200,h_200,c_crop,g_face/face_top.jpg

  

  And here's the same image using the 'trim' effect:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_200,h_200,c_crop,g_face/e_trim/face_top.jpg

  

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  Christopher O'Connor

  June 03, 2013 14:51

  Thanks!

  Where is the documentation for e_trim, I can't find it?

  Is it only for white color?

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  Itay Taragano

  June 03, 2013 17:32

  The 'trim' effect is a new feature that isn't documented yet, we're working hard on updating and improving our documentation.

  The 'trim' effect will work on any color, it's using the background color of the corners of the image. In addition, you can add parameters to the 'trim' effect in order to control the tolerance for similar coloring (e.g., e_trim:40 ).

  For example, here's an image:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/face_left.jpg

  

   

  Since the background isn't a solid color, the 'trim' effect won't make a difference:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/e_trim/face_left.jpg

  

   

  Setting the tolerance parameter to 20 (Default is 10) will make the difference:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/e_trim:20/face_left.jpg

  

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  Dayson Pais

  August 14, 2013 05:44

  How can I use e_trim in the PHP and jQuery libraries?

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  Itay Taragano

  August 14, 2013 20:45

  Hi Dayson, 

  Here are sample codes to deliver an image using the trim effect:

  In PHP:

  <?php echo cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("effect" => "trim")); ?>

  In jQuery:

  $.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", { effect: "trim" });

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  Pulkit Singhal

  October 12, 2014 18:56

  Is it possible to give weights for top,bottom,left, right? Like e:trim:20:20:20:40

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  Itay Taragano

  October 24, 2014 23:35

  Thank you for your suggestion.

  While this is on our road-map to support in the future, there's no ETA yet.

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  Mordy Tikotzky

  January 19, 2015 21:39

  Is there a way to trim but leave some padding.

  For example if an image has an extra 50px on each side. I would like to trim but leave 20px of space around the image.

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  Itay Taragano

  January 22, 2015 21:32

  You can accomplish that by adding a white border to the image, for example:

  http://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_200,h_200,c_crop,g_face/e_trim/bo_20px_solid_white/face_top.jpg
  
  
  
  

  For more information:
  
  http://cloudinary.com/blog/adding_borders_to_images

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  Mordy Tikotzky

  January 25, 2015 21:56

  Thanks Itay,  My Problem is that I have some photos with whitespace and some without.

  What I'm trying to accomplish is that if a photo has whitespace then I want to trim the whitespace to 20px, but if the image does not currently have any whitespace then I dont want to add any additional whitespace. Is there anyway for me to accomplish that using cloudinary.

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  Matt Zisow

  May 09, 2016 18:46

  I'm having the same problem. I'd like to trim out white space but make sure that it leaves at least a set number of pixels on each side of the object.

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