# How to imitate GIMP Image/Crop to content

**URL:** <https://forum.opencv.org/t/how-to-imitate-gimp-image-crop-to-content/14733>\
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**Tags:** programming\
**Created:** [October 3, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/how-to-imitate-gimp-image-crop-to-content/14733 "2023-10-03T12:53:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![karavision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@karavision](https://forum.opencv.org/u/karavision)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/how-to-imitate-gimp-image-crop-to-content/14733/1 "2023-10-03T12:53:45Z")

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Need imitate GIMP Image/Crop to content function using OpenCV library.  
Result needed: no border crossing upper/lower and left/right corner.  
Please find sample below:

 ![opencvforum](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/opencv/original/2X/8/8103a829c3ba86e2fbe6ccc6e6b41a3c01a82279.png)

GIMP 2.10.30

Code which might be close to what would I need is below:

```auto
Mat image = imread("somePath.bmp");
image(Rect(Point(0, 10), Point(10, 0))).copyTo(cropped_image);
imshow("cropped_image", cropped_image);

```

I can’t use it as I dont know rectangle size and my images always have different size,but have similar pattern

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/how-to-imitate-gimp-image-crop-to-content/14733/2 "2023-10-03T15:34:30Z")

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[crosspost](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/266159):

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77222617/gimp-image-crop-to-content-function-with-opencv-and-c>

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**Author:** ![crackwitz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.opencv.org/crackwitz/32/14_2.png) [@crackwitz](https://forum.opencv.org/u/crackwitz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.opencv.org/t/how-to-imitate-gimp-image-crop-to-content/14733/3 "2023-10-09T06:00:08Z")

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Closed on October 9, 2023, 6:00am UTC

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