Image cropper for Angular

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Installation

npm install ngx-image-cropper --save

Upgrade instructions

For a list of breaking changes and update instructions, go to releases. Only Angular 17.3+ is supported since version 9.0.0.

Example usage

Add the element to your HTML:

<input type="file" (change)="fileChangeEvent($event)" />

<image-cropper
    [imageChangedEvent]="imageChangedEvent"
    [maintainAspectRatio]="true"
    [aspectRatio]="4 / 3"
    format="png"
    (imageCropped)="imageCropped($event)"
    (imageLoaded)="imageLoaded($event)"
    (cropperReady)="cropperReady()"
    (loadImageFailed)="loadImageFailed()"
></image-cropper>

<img [src]="croppedImage" />

In your ts file, declare the usage of ImageCropperComponent and add the following methods:

import { ImageCropperComponent, ImageCroppedEvent, LoadedImage } from 'ngx-image-cropper';
import { DomSanitizer } from '@angular/platform-browser';

@Component({
  standalone: true,
  imports: [ImageCropperComponent]
})
export class YourComponent {
    imageChangedEvent: Event | null = null;
    croppedImage: SafeUrl  = '';

    constructor(
      private sanitizer: DomSanitizer
    ) {
    }

    fileChangeEvent(event: Event): void {
        this.imageChangedEvent = event;
    }
    imageCropped(event: ImageCroppedEvent) {
      this.croppedImage = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustUrl(event.objectUrl);
      // event.blob can be used to upload the cropped image
    }
    imageLoaded(image: LoadedImage) {
        // show cropper
    }
    cropperReady() {
        // cropper ready
    }
    loadImageFailed() {
        // show message
    }
}

When you choose a file from the file input, it will trigger fileChangeEvent. That event is then passed to the image cropper through imageChangedEvent which will load the image into the cropper. Everytime you release the mouse, the imageCropped event will be triggered with the cropped image as a Base64 string in its payload.

Alternatives

If you find ngx-image-cropper doesn't cover your needs we recommend taking a look at Pintura

Pintura features cropping, rotating, flipping, filtering, annotating, and lots of additional functionality to cover all your image and video editing needs on both mobile and desktop devices.

Learn more about Pintura Image Editor

API

All inputs are optional. Either the imageChangedEvent, imageBase64 or imageFile should be set to load an image into the cropper.

Inputs