Hello all,
I'm searching a way to do basic editing on images (crop, rotate...). Actually I still need to use external editors.
What about a plugin to do basic image editing on desktop?
TIA
tony
Hi,
Take a look at pinta editing software for editing images. You can resize crop and add text arrows Boxes Etc.
On windows for cropping adding text arrows boxes and blurring areas that are sensitive I like a simple program called sharex.
Sharex can also take screenshots and capture web pages.
Another good app is picpick. You can take screenshot capture entire website pages and add text resize crop rotate Etc.
Pinta and picpick are both similar to Microsoft Paint but more.
Hi LeoW,
my fault: I wrote a wrong subject.
In fact I didn't mentioned I would like to edit images directly in Joplin, without using an external editor. I will update the subject, if possible.
Although I am a graphic designer by profession, I would like to make the changes directly in Joplin without switching to an external image editor.
Tony
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No problem.
I am a convert from Evernote and Evernote does have in their paid plan a built in image editor where you can do some basic things but it's not as sophisticated as a desktop app. It's significantly more than any other note-taking app I've used. I'm just not willing to spend fortunate Evernote wants now.
There's only so much editing you can do in markdown.
You cannot crop, but you can rotate an image and draw on it if you use the insert drawing function (available on Joplin desktop and mobile) and then insert an image into the canvas for the drawing.
EDIT: Actually there is a way to crop an image with the drawing function, but it’s not particularly intuitive. There is an auto resize checkbox in one of the menu bar options. If you disable that option, you can set the desired dimensions for the cropped area, then resize the image to have only the area you wish to keep, within the boundary. This would non destructive though, so the original uncropped image would still be available.
If you right-click the rendered image one of the context menu items is "Open" which will open the image in your preferred editor. Do your edits and save and Joplin is updated. You can't get much easier than that and it keeps Joplin as a note-taking application rather than being a photo editor that also takes notes. 
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Let the graphics editing be done by people who specialize in graphics editing.
I agree keep the software focused on being a Notes app.
I use a few different apps but snagit is my default.
this could be useful.
But the image opens on the default image editor (set by system).
It would be nice to have an option like "Open with..." on the right click menu to let the user choose among his image editors.
Ciao
Tony
It does take one extra mouse click but selecting “Reveal file in folder” allows you to do an “Open with” on the file. I agree the “Open with” would be useful in Joplin. Rather than waiting while some massive image editor opens you could open with a speedy viewer if you just wanted to see the image full size.