[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38780: Thumbnail images should be cropped from the centre top

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#38780: Thumbnail images should be cropped from the centre top
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                 |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                 |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media                       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch good-first-bug  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by markhowellsmead):

 It's difficult to say how many vertical-format images are portraits and
 therefore whether this change would be an improvement. A non-scientific
 analysis of the first few hundred Google search results for portrait
 images show that the face in many portraits is in the centre or along the
 upper median third line of the image. So if they're cropped to a square or
 horizontal format, the crop would chop off the bottom half of the face. My
 opinion is that if there's an option for the default action to be changed
 programmatically on a per-case basis, that should be sufficient.

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