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Seam Cutter

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Simon Willison released Seam Cutter, a small tool that cuts an image along a horizontal or vertical line and lets you slide the two sides together to remove a section from the middle.

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Tool: Seam Cutter

Simon Willison’s Weblog

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25th October 2026

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Seam Cutter

I built this weird and very specific cropping tool - it lets you create a horizontal or vertical cut across an image, then slide the two sides relative to each other. Effectively it lets you crop out a section in the middle of an image.

I wanted this because I often use Tailor on my iPhone to stitch several screenshots together into lot long image, but sometimes I find myself wanting to crop out a section in the middle - to redact an irrelevant prompt from a transcript, for example.

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Key points

  • Seam Cutter cuts an image horizontally or vertically, then slides the two sides relative to each other
  • Inspired by the Tailor app used to stitch iPhone screenshots into long images
  • Typical use is removing an irrelevant section from the middle, such as a prompt in a transcript

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