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 In general two screenshots of overlapping areas will be necessary to form a full square of the required dimensions. Here are two used to create a "DryCrop" texture:
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+Wiki-dry-crop-start-2.jpg|Screenshot of area in NSW from OSM
+Wiki-dry-crop-start-1.jpg|Screenshot of area in NSW just below the previous one. Note the dam near the top is a common feature
+</gallery>
 === Creating the initial image ===
 All steps are described using the GIMP software package. Similar tools are available in other image editors.
-* Open one screenshot and enlarge the image size to some larger, square dimension than the final size
+* Open one screenshot and enlarge the image size to some larger, square dimension bigger than the final size
-* Cut and paste the second screenshot into place so that the meeting point matches up
+* Paste the second screenshot into place so that the images match up seamlessly
-* Select a suitable region of the exact size in pixels
+* Select a suitable region of the exact size in pixels (usually 1024 x 1024)
 * Use the clone tool to erase unnecessary objects with other parts of the image
 * Crop to the selection
+The picture below shows the result of doing this on the two screenshots above. Note that the house, treelines and roads are gone, but patterns of tracks in the paddocks remain.
+[[File:Wiki-dry-crop-result.jpg|thumb|A DryCrop texture square ready for use in FlightGear]]
 === Further manipulations ===