'JavaScript: Multiple cropping selection in one image?
PS: Is it not a research kind of question! I have been trying to do this from very long time.
I am trying to make web based an image editor where user can select multiple cropping area and after selection save/download all the image area. like below.
As of now I discovered two libraries
1.Cropper.JS where is only single selection feature is available.
2.Jcrop where only single selection area restrictions.
I am currently using cropper.Js but it seems impossible for me to make multiple selection cropping. Any help is much appreciated.if any other method/library available in JavaScript, Angular or PHP or reactJS for multiple image area selection and crop and download in one go as in the image below.
As per @Keyhan Answer I am Updating my Jcrop library Code
<div style="padding:0 5%;">
<img id="target" src="https://d3o1694hluedf9.cloudfront.net/market-750.jpg">
</div>
<button id="save">Crop it!</button>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/jcrop/dist/jcrop.css">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/jcrop"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
JavaScript
<script>
setImage();
var jcp;
var jcp;
Jcrop.load('target').then(img => {
//You can enable multiple cropping with this line:
jcp = Jcrop.attach(img, { multi: true });
});
// to fix security issue when trying to convert to Data URI
function setImage() {
document.getElementById('target').setAttribute('crossOrigin', 'anonymous');
document.getElementById('target').src = 'https://d3o1694hluedf9.cloudfront.net/market-750.jpg';
}
var link = document.getElementById('save');
link.onclick = function () {
//we check if at least one crop is available
if (jcp.active) {
var i = 0;
var fullImg = document.getElementById("target");
//we are looping cropped areas
for (area of jcp.crops) {
i++;
//creating temp canvas and drawing cropped area on it
canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.setAttribute('width', area.pos.w);
canvas.setAttribute('height', area.pos.h);
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.drawImage(fullImg, area.pos.x, area.pos.y, area.pos.w, area.pos.h, 0, 0, area.pos.w, area.pos.h);
//creating temp link for saving/serving new image
temp = document.createElement('a');
temp.setAttribute('download', 'area' + i + '.jpg');
temp.setAttribute('href', canvas.toDataURL("image/jpg").replace("image/jpg", "image/octet-stream"));
temp.click();
}
}
};
</script>
Solution 1:[1]
Yes, @keyhan was right <input type="file"> is another question, but still, I am giving you an idea of how to implement Kayhan's code above.
<div>
<input type="file" id="image-input" accept="image/*">
<!-- img id name should be "target" as it is also using by Jcrop -->
<img id="target"></img>
</div>
and Now you can put below JavaScript Code just above setImage()
<script>
let imgInput = document.getElementById('image-input');
imgInput.addEventListener('change', function (e) {
if (e.target.files) {
let imageFile = e.target.files[0];
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function (e) {
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.onload = function (event) {
var MAX_WIDTH = 1600;
var MAX_HEIGHT = 800;
var width = img.width;
var height = img.height;
// Change the resizing logic
if (width > height) {
if (width > MAX_WIDTH) {
height = height * (MAX_WIDTH / width);
width = MAX_WIDTH;
}
} else {
if (height > MAX_HEIGHT) {
width = width * (MAX_HEIGHT / height);
height = MAX_HEIGHT;
}
}
// Dynamically create a canvas element
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
// var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
// Actual resizing
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, width, height);
// Show resized image in preview element
var dataurl = canvas.toDataURL(imageFile.type);
document.getElementById("target").src = dataurl;
}
img.src = e.target.result;
}
reader.readAsDataURL(imageFile);
}
});
</script>
Sources
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Source: Stack Overflow
| Solution | Source |
|---|---|
| Solution 1 | Utsav Upadhyay |

