Methods and systems for displaying format properties of crop areas

1. A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon, the computer program product comprising:

code, which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to display a document in a document work area;

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to display a first selectable crop tool option, wherein the first crop tool option corresponds with a first of a plurality of crop tools, wherein the first crop tool defines a first crop area of the document, wherein the first crop area has a first aspect ratio, and wherein the first aspect ratio corresponds with an aspect ratio of a first display format standard;

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to display a second selectable crop tool option, wherein the second crop tool option corresponds with a second of the plurality of crop tools, wherein the second crop tool defines a second crop area of the document, wherein the second crop area has a second aspect ratio, and wherein the second aspect ratio corresponds with an aspect ratio of a second display format standard,

wherein the first display format standard is different from the second display format standard; and

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to generate multiple indicators of the aspect ratio of a selected one of the crop tool options,

wherein the generated indicators include an area denoting safe areas for a specific video format,

wherein the denoted safe areas comprise a first safe area for the specific video format and a second safe area for the specific video format.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to display one of the crop tools, wherein the displayed crop tool corresponds with a selected crop tool option.

3. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the indicators comprise a ruler displayed in the document work area, wherein the ruler indicates a dimension of the displayed crop tool in pixels, and wherein the ruler indicates a side boundary of the displayed crop tool.

4. The computer program product of claim 3 , wherein the ruler provides a measurement in non-square pixels and wherein the document is displayed in the document work area in square pixels.

5. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the generated indicators comprise a first rectangular shape showing an action safe area and a second rectangular shape showing a title safe area for a television format.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising:

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to modify the crop area of the displayed crop tool in response to received input; and

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to modify the generated indicators to reflect format properties of the modified crop area.

7. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to provide an option to selectively turn the generated indicators on and off.

8. The computer program product of claim 1 , further comprising code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to resize the crop area of the displayed crop tool to correspond with a bounding box of an object in response to a single selection of the object.

9. A method for cropping portions of an electronic document, the method comprising:

displaying, with a computer, a document in a document work area;

displaying, with the computer, a first selectable crop tool option, wherein the first crop tool option corresponds with a first of a plurality of crop tools, wherein the first crop tool defines a first crop area of the document, wherein the first crop area has a first aspect ratio, and wherein the first aspect ratio corresponds with an aspect ratio of a first display format standard;

displaying, with the computer, a second selectable crop tool option, wherein the second crop tool option corresponds with a second of the plurality of crop tools, wherein the second crop tool defines a second crop area of the document, wherein the second crop area has a second aspect ratio, and wherein the second aspect ratio corresponds with an aspect ratio of a second display format standard,

wherein the first display format standard is different from the second display format standard; and

code, which, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to generate multiple indicators of the aspect ratio of a selected one of the crop tool options,

wherein the generated indicators include an area denoting safe areas for a specific video format,

wherein the denoted safe areas comprise a first safe area for the specific video format and a second safe area for the specific video format.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising displaying one of the crop tools, wherein the displayed crop tool corresponds with a selected crop tool option.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the indicators comprise a ruler displayed in the document work area, wherein the ruler indicates a dimension of the displayed crop tool in pixels, and wherein the ruler indicates a side boundary of the displayed crop tool.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the ruler provides a measurement in non-square pixels and wherein the document is displayed in the document work area in square pixels.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the generated indicators comprise a first rectangular shape showing an action safe area and a second rectangular shape showing a title safe area for a television format.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

modifying the crop area of the displayed crop tool in response to received input; and

modifying the generated indicators to reflect format properties of the modified crop area.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising providing an option to selectively turn the generated indicators on and off.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising resizing the crop area of the displayed crop tool to correspond with a bounding box of an object in response to a single selection of the object.