[Gimp-user] lossless cropping?

[Claus Cyrny]

Greg Chapman wrote:
> Hi Alexander,
> 
> On 02 Feb 09 09:26 Alexander Rabtchevich 
> <alexander.v.rabtchevich at iaph.bas-net.by> said:
>> I think you mix cropping and resizing :).
> 
> I didn't mix them. I just assumed Johan had. Up till now this thread 
> had been exclusively about cropping.

I have to admit that, after following this thread, I still
have no idea what Zhang Wei Wu means by 'lossless 'cropping'.
I understand' lossless compression', but cropping is by definition
lossy (you remove part of the original image), so I don't
know what 'lossless' means in this context.

Claus

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