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From a graphic design point of view, what would be a good way to let the viewer know, or better said, I want the user to "get it as he sees it" without further explanation that what I am showing is not the whole image, It is just a crop(ie. a small area of the whole image).

I need some examples.. advice, you can be broad... give examples from other fields.

I am attaching a screenshot of what I have so far, the way I did it is that I added a frame of the whole image, and then inside that frame there is this crop I was talking about.. But I am not so satisfied with the result, I am out of ideas. Any help is much appreciated.

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Maybe this is a question for the UX site, but I have a feeling I might get better answers here. THANK YOU.

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Put a Transformers logo somewhere in there, that should do it. – Joonas Feb 11 at 10:41
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I don't really understand that screenshot - looks like an irregular crop rather than "a frame of the whole image, and then inside that frame there is this crop" – e100 Feb 11 at 10:49
I agree with e100, I thought I understood the question until I saw the image. Can you add some labels or some other text or context? – user568458 Feb 11 at 15:29
the frame is that 1px border... the hidden part of the image is white, and the image is .. that weird crop. – Flavius Frantz Feb 12 at 17:07
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the guys on the UX site got it.. LINK: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/34486/… – Flavius Frantz Feb 12 at 17:08

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