1. One or more computer-storage media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method for transcoding a cropped version of a digital image, said method comprising: receiving a selection of a crop area of the digital image, which is partitioned into a plurality of blocks arranged in a grid-like pattern, wherein the grid-like pattern of blocks includes a first row of at least one block and a second row of at least one block that is directly above the first row, and wherein the crop area includes a portion of the first row and does not include any portion of the second row; vertically extending the crop area by a predetermined number of pixels, thereby creating an extended crop area that is not aligned with the first row, such that a block of the first row overlaps the extended crop area; aligning the extended crop area with the block of the first row, thereby creating an extended crop image; and transcoding the block of the first row to generate the cropped version, wherein the second row is not transcoded to generate the cropped version.