Adobe Dynamic Media Classic Guide
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Introducing Adobe Dynamic Media Classic
- Adobe Dynamic Media Classic Desktop app - Now available
- About Dynamic Media Classic Help
- Developer resources
- What’s new
- System requirements
- Support
- Help for Dynamic Media Classic Media Portal
- Adobe Training Services
- Popular resources
- Training videos
Getting started
- Adobe Dynamic Media Classic platform overview
- Media Portal
- Signing in and out
- Navigation basics
- Setup basics
- Rich media
Setup
- Personal Setup
- Application Setup
- Publish Setup
- Video SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Administration Setup
Media Portal
- System requirements
- Quick Start: Media Portal
- Media Portal user roles
- Creating and managing Media Portal groups
- Adding and managing Media Portal users
- Managing FTP accounts
- Specifying export options available to Media Portal users
- Creating and enabling Image Presets
- Making more efficient use of metadata
- Customizing the Media Portal screen
Upload and publish assets
- About uploading and publishing assets
- Uploading files
- Publishing files
- Testing assets before making them public
- Checking job files
Managing assets
- About managing assets
- Working with asset folders
- Viewing assets in the Browse panel
- Selecting assets in the Browse panel
- Searching assets
- Previewing an asset
- Moving, renaming, and deleting assets
- Working in Detail view
- Viewing, adding, and exporting metadata
- Exporting assets from Dynamic Media Classic
- Sharing asset changes with peers in real time
- Printing assets
- Managing the Trash folder
- Organizing your work with Projects
Image sizing
- Quick Start: Image Sizing
- Uploading master images
- Publishing master images
- Setting up Image Presets
- Linking URLs to your web application
Zoom
- Quick Start: Zoom
- Uploading Zoom images
- Creating zoom targets for Guided Zoom
- Setting up Zoom Viewer Presets
- Previewing image assets with different Zoom viewers
- Publishing zoom images
- Linking Zoom viewers to your web pages
eCatalogs
- Quick Start: eCatalogs
- Uploading the PDF files
- Creating an eCatalog
- Creating eCatalog Image Maps
- Managing Info Panel content in eCatalogs
- Setting up eCatalog Viewer Presets
- Previewing eCatalogs in the eCatalog Viewer
- Publishing eCatalogs and associated PDFs
- Linking an eCatalog to a web page
Image sets
- Quick Start: Image Sets
- Preparing Image Set assets for upload
- Creating an Image Set
- Including zoom targets and Image Maps in Image Sets
- Managing Info Panel content in Image Sets
- Viewing Image Sets
- Automated Image Set generation
- Linking an Image Set to a web page
Swatch sets
- Quick Start: Swatch Sets
- Including zoom targets and Image Maps in Swatch Sets
- Preparing Swatch Set assets for upload
- Creating a Swatch Set
- Viewing Swatch Sets
- Linking a Swatch Set to a web page
Spin sets
- Quick Start: Spin Sets
- Creating a Spin Set
- Previewing a Spin Set
- Publishing a Spin Set
- Setting up Spin Set Viewer Presets
- Linking a Spin Set to a web page
Template basics
- Quick Start: Template Basics
- Uploading template files
- Creating a template
- Creating template parameters
- Publishing templates
- Linking a template to a web page
- Managing content variations
Video
- Quick Start: Video
- Best practice: Using the HTML5 Video viewer
- Uploading and encoding videos
- Previewing videos in a video viewer
- Adding captions to video
- Adding chapter markers to video
- Deploying video to your websites and mobile sites
- Exporting source and encoded videos
Mixed media sets
- Quick Start: Mixed Media Sets
- Setting up a Mixed Media Set Viewer Preset
- Creating a Mixed Media Set
- Publishing a Mixed Media Set
- Linking a Mixed Media Set to a web page
Adobe Analytics instrumentation kit
- Quick Start: Integrating Dynamic Media Classic with Adobe Analytics
- Log in to Adobe Analytics
- Configuring Adobe Analytics reports
- Instrumenting a viewer using the Adobe Analytics Instrumentation Kit
- Disabling Adobe Analytics tracking
- Testing the integration by viewing an Adobe Analytics report
- Enabling Adobe Analytics Video Reports
- Publishing Adobe Analytics configuration information
Adobe Target Standard/Premium integration
- Quick Start: Adobe Target Standard/Premium integration
- Integrating Dynamic Media Classic with Adobe Target Standard/Premium
- Creating an offer set
- Pushing offer sets to Adobe Target Standard/Premium
User-generated content
- About User-generated content
- Deleting an uploaded asset
- Getting disk usage information
- Uploading an image asset or a vector asset
Master files
- Best practices for optimizing the quality of your images
- Editing images
- Creating Image Maps
- Cropping an image
- Sharpening an image
- Adjusting an image
- Image editing options at upload
- Working with PDFs
- Working with PSD files
- Working with PostScript and Illustrator files
- Working with vignette, window covering, and cabinet files
Support files
- Fonts
- XML files
- ICC profiles

Cropping an image

You can crop images in the Dynamic Media Classic. The system retains information about images that were cropped so you can restore them to their original state. You can also crop an image and save the cropped version under a new name.

You can crop an image to remove white space around it, or crop an area of the image.

NOTE

After you crop, you can click the Save As button and save a cropped version of the image under a different name. In the Save As window, choose Save As New Master to save a second copy of the image. Choose Save As Addition View Of Master to save the original and its cropped version under a different name. Choose Replace Original to delete the original file from which you cropped your image. Then enter a name for the image and select the Submit button.

Crop to remove white space around an image

You can crop off the transparent or solid-color pixels from the edge of an image.

To crop an image, click its rollover Edit button and choose Crop, or display it in the Browse Panel in Detail view and click the Crop button. The Crop Editor screen opens.
Do one of the following:
- To trim color pixels, select the Trim menu and choose Color. The Auto Crop By Color dialog box appears. Select the Corner menu and choose a corner with the background color to crop away. Then enter a Tolerance setting from 0 through 1. The 0 setting crops pixels only if they exactly match the color you selected in the corner of the image. Numbers closer to 1 allow for more color difference. Select the Crop button.
- To trim transparent pixels, select the Trim menu and choose Transparent. The Auto Crop By Transparency dialog box appears. Enter a tolerance setting from 0 through 1. The 0 setting crops crop pixels only if they are totally transparent. Numbers closer to 1 allow for more transparency. Select the Crop button.
Click Save.

NOTE

To restore an image to its original state after you’ve cropped it, display the image in the Crop Editor screen and select the Reset button.

Select an area to crop

To crop an image, click its rollover Edit button and choose Crop, or display it in the Browse Panel in Detail view and click Crop.
In the Crop Editor window, place the part of the image you do not want to crop in the crop box. What appears inside the box remains when you click Save and crop the image.
To adjust the crop area, do one of the following:
- Drag a side or corner of the box. Hold down the Shift key as you drag to change size but maintain the aspect ratio (the shape) of the crop box.
- Enter pixel measurements in the Size boxes.
- Drag to move the crop box. Move the pointer inside the boundary of the box. When you see the four-headed arrow, drag the box to a new location on the image.
Click Save.