React Image Editor Component (React Photo Editor Component)

The React Image Editor component is a graphical user interface used for editing images. It provides built-in support for rotate, flip, zoom, and crop the images based on the selection. It also has support for inserting an annotations including rectangle, ellipse, line, text, and freehand drawings.

Setup

Create a React application

You can use create-react-app to setup applications. To create React app use the following command.

npx create-react-app my-app --template typescript
cd my-app
npm start

Adding Syncfusion React Image Editor package

All Syncfusion react packages are published in the npmjs.com registry. To install the react image editor package, use the following command.

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-image-editor --save

Adding CSS references for Image Editor

Add CSS references needed for a react image editor in src/App.css from the ../node_modules/@syncfusion package folder.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/bootstrap5.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-image-editor/styles/bootstrap5.css";

Add Syncfusion React Image Editor component

In the src/App.tsx file, use the following code snippet to render the Syncfusion React Image Editor component and import App.css to apply styles to the image editor:

import { ImageEditorComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-image-editor';
import * as React from 'react';
import './App.css';
function App() {
  return ( <div id="wrapperDiv">
              <ImageEditorComponent/>
          </div>);
  };
export default App;

Supported frameworks

Image Editor component is also offered in the following frameworks.

|      JavaScript     |        Angular       |        Vue          |   ASP.NET Core   |   ASP.NET MVC   | | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: | :-----: |

Key features

• Load and save images in various formats: The Image Editor control allows users to load and edit existing images, as well as export the edited version in PNG, SVG, and JPG formats.
• Selection and cropping: The control provides selection and cropping functionality, allowing users to crop images based on a customizable selection region with various aspect ratios and the ability to reposition the selection by dragging and resizing.
• Image transformations: The control offers basic image editing features such as rotate, flip, zoom, and crop to adjust the appearance and composition of images.
• Image annotation: Users can insert annotations including text, rectangle, ellipse, freehand draw, and lines to mark up and annotate their images.
• Image finetune: Includes support to adjust the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, exposure, opacity, and blur of their images to achieve the desired look and feel.
• Image filter: Includes support for image filtering by applying various pre-set filters such as Default, Chrome, Warm, Cold, GrayScale, Sepia, Invert to alter their appearance.
• Customizable toolbar: The control includes a customizable toolbar to simplify user interaction and make it easy to access various image editing operations.
• RTL and localization support: The control supports RTL (right-to-left) mode and provides inherent support for localization, allowing users to easily translate the user interface into different languages.
• Various theme support: The component supports a range of themes, including fluent, tailwind css, bootstrap 5, material, and high contrast, giving users the ability to customize the look and feel of the image editor to match their preferences or brand guidelines.

Support

Product support is available through the following mediums.

• Support ticket - Guaranteed Response in 24 hours | Unlimited tickets | Holiday support
• Community forum
• GitHub issues
• Request feature or report bug
• Live chat

Changelog

Check the changelog here. Get minor improvements and bug fixes every week to stay up to date with frequent updates.

License and copyright

This is a commercial product and requires a paid license for possession or use. Syncfusion’s licensed software, including this component, is subject to the terms and conditions of Syncfusion's EULA. To acquire a license for 80+ React UI components, you can purchase or start a free 30-day trial.

A free community license is also available for companies and individuals whose organizations have less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue and five or fewer developers.

See LICENSE FILE for more info.

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