Workflow
It is important to realize that FrameAway does not do the cropping but rather acts as a crop transparent guide for other applications (you may use Preview for the actual cropping).
The Toolbox on the right hand side of the screen allows you to select the type of frame and the aspect ratio for your composition guide
Selecting the aspect ratio of your selection tells FrameAway to restrict your mouse movement when performing a selection so that it follows certain proportions
When you're happy with your selection size and placement, you make the FrameAway overlay click through so that mouse movements and pass through to the underneath application. At this point the toolbox will display "Ignores mouse". You then perform a crop in the application underneath FrameAway
Keyboard mappings
| Keypress | Description |
|---|---|
| H | Flips the frame horizonally. No effect for horizontally symmetrical shapes. This is sticky, so you need to press again to clear the flipping. |
| V | Flips the frame vertically. No effect for vertically symmetrical shapes. This is sticky, so you need to press again to clear the flipping. |
| C | Cycle through available colors (currently black and white). |
| Mac + U | Cycle through measurement units: pixels, millimeters and inches. |
| Up Arrow | Moves the selection up, one pixel at a time |
| Left Arrow | Moves the selection left, one pixel at a time |
| Down Arrow | Moves the selection down, one pixel at a time |
| Right Arrow | Moves the selection right, one pixel at a time |
| Shift + Up Arrow | Moves the selection up, ten pixels at a time |
| Shift + Left Arrow | Moves the selection left, ten pixels at a time |
| Shift + Down Arrow | Moves the selection down, ten pixels at a time |
| Shift + Right Arrow | Moves the selection right, ten pixels at a time |
| F | Cycle through available frame types, without resetting the selection (new in ver 2.1) |
