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Removing black borders

Photo Story can remove black borders from your pictures by automatically cropping them. When you import pictures for your story, Photo Story checks all the pictures for a 4:3 aspect ratio, which is the relation of the width to the height of the picture. If any pictures do not have a 4:3 aspect ratio, Photo Story displays the Remove black borders button  Remove black borders button on the Import and arrange your pictures page.

Click the Remove black borders button to view the pictures with the black borders removed. You can choose whether to use the automatically cropped picture with the black borders removed, manually crop the picture, or use the picture with black borders. You can also choose to use all of the automatically cropped pictures without previewing them.

You can also manually crop any picture in your story after closing the Removing Black Borders dialog box. For more information about manually cropping your pictures, see Cropping your pictures.

To remove black borders and automatically crop your pictures

  1. On the Import and arrange your pictures page, click Remove black borders  Remove black borders button.
  2. In the Removing Black Borders dialog box, review the pictures in the Before and After boxes.
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Repeat step 3 for each picture that appears, or click Yes to All to use the automatically cropped pictures without previewing them.

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