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Crop an Image by Drawing the Region

Crop any image by drawing the keep-region directly on it. Pick a shape, drag it into place, and the tool outputs exactly that region. Flip the Inverse toggle to keep everything outside the region instead. Perfect for quick visual cropping, hero-shot framing, removing unwanted edges, or extracting irregular subject regions without typing coordinates.

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What it does

Manual Crop lets you visually draw the region you want to keep (or remove). Click Edit Region on the node to open the modal, choose a shape, draw it on the image, and Apply. The tool outputs the image cropped to that region. With Inverse off, the output is the drawn region; with Inverse on, the drawn region is masked out and everything else is kept. The region is stored as percentages so the same node works correctly across different input image sizes.

Problem it solves

• Visual cropping without coordinates – Draw the crop region instead of typing Top/Left/Bottom/Right pixel values
• Non-rectangular crops – Use Circle or Polygon for round subjects, irregular outlines, or custom hero shapes
• Inverse cropping – Quickly remove an unwanted region (e.g., crop out a watermark, distracting object, or corner element) by flipping the Inverse toggle
• Hero-shot framing – Tighten composition around a subject for thumbnails, posters, or social cards
• Quick clean-up – Trim borders, letterboxing, or extraneous edges from photos and screenshots
• Resolution-independent placement – Percentage-based region (e.g., x=23.2%, y=0.0%, w=45.8%, h=92.2%) keeps the same crop placement consistent across different image sizes
• Faster than Image Crop by Coord – No need to read coordinates from a detection model or external system; just draw

Input/Output

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• Input: Single image
  • Format: PNG, JPEG, or standard image formats
  • Resolution: Any size </aside>

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• Output: Cropped image

  • With Inverse OFF: The drawn region is kept (output = the contents of the shape)

  • With Inverse ON: The drawn region is removed (output = everything outside the shape)

  • Format: Same as input

  • Dimensions: Match the bounding box of the kept region

    

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Configuration Options

• Inverse: Checkbox controlling which side of the drawn region is kept.
  • OFF (default): Output is the drawn region — everything inside the shape is kept
  • ON: Output is the inverse — everything outside the shape is kept (the shape becomes a "hole")
  • Use case: Turn ON when you want to remove a specific area (logo, watermark, distracting element) and keep the rest of the image
• Region Shape: Set inside the "Edit Region" modal.

How to Use