re: #359 Rightwingconspirator

Even under the rules, you can crop images:

Allowed:

* Cropping
* Adjustment of Levels to histogram limits
* Minor colour correction
* Sharpening at 300%, 0.3, 0
* Careful use of lasso tool
* Subtle use of burn tool
* Adjustment of highlights and shadows
* Eye dropper to check/set gray

Not Allowed:

* Additions or deletions to image
* Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
* Airbrush, brush, paint
* Selective area sharpening
* Excessive lightening/darkening
* Excessive colour tone change
* Auto levels
* Blurring
* Eraser tool
* Quick Mask
* In-camera sharpening
* In-camera saturation styles

The above list is not exhaustive. Global Pictures Desk Deputy Editor Pedja Kujundzic and Kevin Coombs will be available to answer any questions on use of other functions not mentioned above including latest CS2 and upcoming CS3 functions.

This is a judgment call, but the real thing is that cropping to remove an unrelated or extraneous item, and a portion of the photo that bears directly on the image. This particular crop would have the same result as using an eraser tool.

Still, it does come down to following their own rules. They don’t appear to have done so.

And with other media outlets running the same image uncropped, that can affect Reuters’ bottom line if they can’t be trusted.