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@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ imageName = Ext.getName("image", imageIds[0]);
 print(imageName);
 ```
 
-
 ### Creating projects, datasets and tags
 
 Projects can be created with *Ext.createProject*:
@@ -273,6 +272,14 @@ Pixel intensities can be retrieved from images:
 imageplusID = Ext.getImage(imageIds[0]);
 ```
 
+Images can also be cropped on import by specifying the ROI as a String of the form:
+"x:xstart:xend,y:ystart:yend,c:cstart:cend,z:zstart:zend,t:tstart:tend".
+For example, cropping a 512x512x3x100x5 image starting at (0,0,0,50,3) and ending at (100,100,2,99,3) can be done with:
+
+```
+imageplusID = Ext.getImage(imageIds[0], "x:0:100,y::100,z:50:,t:3");
+```
+
 ROIs from OMERO can also be added to the ROI manager or to the Overlay of the current image (boolean toOverlay). ROIs
 composed of multiple shapes (eg 3D/4D) will share the same values in the "ROI" and "ROI_ID" properties in ImageJ. These
 can be optionally changed with the "property" parameter: local indices will be in "property" while OMERO IDs will be