Crop an image easily using this jQuey plugin. The crop plugin takes an IMG element and crops them to the dimensions given. The result is a DIV with a background image with the height and width and an offset. The new DIV should also carry across the existing style attributes of the image.
imgAreaSelect is a jQuery plugin for selecting a rectangular area of an image. It allows web developers to easily implement image cropping functionality, as well as other user interface features, such as photo notes (like those on Flickr). 
Placing images on simple polaroids on a webpage simply did not do it for me. I wanted to drag them around, rotate them and still have a fun time. That iss were CSS and jQuery come in play. By combining the CSS3 Box Shadow and Rotate properties, this effect is relatively easy to create. When dragging a polaroid around, you will see the shadow. When it is placed down, it iss rotated to the left or the right (random).
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