---
title: "Module Monday: ImageField Focus"
url: "/articles/module-monday-imagefield-focus"
type: article
date: 2013-08-05
updated: 2014-05-15
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# Module Monday: ImageField Focus

#  Module Monday: ImageField Focus 

 Give content editors more control over image cropping

 By

 [  Jeff Eaton   ](/about/jeff-eaton) 

 August 5, 2013

  

Drupal image fields allow content editors to upload photos and pictures without tedious manual cropping and scaling. One posted, images are piped through a series of automatic cropping and scaling presets, ensuring everything is fast and consistent. Unfortunately, all that automation can be a problem when content creators *do* need to tweak how an image will appear at different sizes. When that's the case, the [Imagefield Focus](https://drupal.org/project/imagefield_focus) module can help.

         ![Picture of the module being set up](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/field_regular_upload/imagefield_focus_ui.png.webp?itok=lDUpRAhF "imagefield_focus_ui.png")  

Once installed, ImageField focus gives site builders a new option when setting up the rules for those automatically-generated image derivatives. Imagefield Focus adds "smart" versions of the standard Scale and Crop actions that take into account an image's "focus point" -- a portion of the image that should *always* be visible, even when it's scaled down and trimmed to fit other dimensions. Editors can specify that focus region when uploading an image using a simple Javascript widget; if no focus is specified, the normal cropping and scaling behaviors take over.

         ![Picture of the module in action](/sites/default/files/styles/wide_xs/public/field_regular_upload/imagefield_focus_results.png.webp?itok=Mphw72sK "imagefield_focus_results.png")  

Although it doesn't give editors *explicit* control over the precise appearance of every version of an uploaded image, [Imagefield Focus](https://drupal.org/project/imagefield_focus) does the next best thing. It's a quick and easy addition to most sites, and can dramatically improve the quality of small thumbnails when used judiciously.

 Published in:

- [  Drupal Site Building   ](/topics/drupal-site-building)

 

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