diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js
index 68d82cdf..adddd9df 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ module.CropActions = actions.Actions({
 	// XXX not sure if we actually need this...
 	cropFlatten: ['Crop/Flatten',
 		function(list){ this.data.length > 0 && this.crop(list, true) }],
-	cropRibbon: ['Crop/Crop current ribbon',
+	cropRibbon: ['Crop/Crop ribbon',
 		function(ribbon, flatten){
 			if(this.data.length == 0){
 				return
@@ -1052,7 +1052,38 @@ module.CropActions = actions.Actions({
 			ribbon = ribbon || 'current'
 			this.crop(this.data.getImages(ribbon), flatten)
 		}],
-	cropRibbonAndAbove: ['Crop/Crop out ribbons bellow',
+	cropOutRibbon: ['Crop/Crop ribbon out',
+		function(ribbon, flatten){
+			ribbon = ribbon || this.current_ribbon
+			ribbon = ribbon instanceof Array ? ribbon : [ribbon]
+
+			// build the crop...
+			var crop = this.data.crop()
+
+			// ribbon order...
+			crop.ribbon_order = crop.ribbon_order
+				.filter(function(r){ return ribbon.indexOf(r) })
+
+			// ribbons...
+			ribbon.forEach(function(r){ delete crop.ribbons[r] })
+
+			// focus image...
+			var cr = this.current_ribbon
+			if(ribbon.indexOf(cr) >= 0){
+				var i = this.data.getRibbonOrder(cr)
+				var r = this.data.ribbon_order
+					.slice(i+1)
+					.concat(this.data.ribbon_order.slice(0, i))
+					.filter(function(r){ return crop.ribbons[r] && crop.ribbons[r].len > 0 })
+					.shift()
+				crop.focusImage(
+					crop.getImage(this.current, 'after', r)
+						|| crop.getImage(this.current, 'before', r))
+			}
+
+			this.crop(crop, flatten)
+		}],
+	cropOutRibbonsBelow: ['Crop/Crop out ribbons bellow',
 		function(ribbon, flatten){
 			if(this.data.length == 0){
 				return
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index fba2b656..d3ce8587 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@
 *
 *
 * Features:
+* 	- introspection
 * 	- lifecycle
 * 		base life-cycle events (start/stop/..)
 * 	- util
-* 	- introspection
 * 	- journal
 * 		action journaling and undo/redo functionality
 * 		XXX needs revision...
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ var LifeCycleActions = actions.Actions({
 			// System ready event...
 			//
 			// Not intended for direct use, use .declareReady() to initiate.
-			this.logger && this.logger.emit('start')
+			this.logger && this.logger.emit('ready')
 		})],
 	// NOTE: this calls .ready() once per session.
 	declareReady: ['- System/Declare system ready', 
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ var LifeCycleActions = actions.Actions({
 		function(){
 			return this.__ready_announce_requested = (this.__ready_announce_requested || 0) + 1
 		}],
-
-	// unbind events...
 	stop: ['- System/', 
 		function(){
 			// browser & nw...
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index 479ebb27..55ee13d2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 
 		// cropping...
 		F2: 'cropRibbon',
-		shift_F2: 'cropRibbonAndAbove',
+		D: 'cropOutRibbon',
+		shift_F2: 'cropOutRibbonsBelow',
 		ctrl_F2: 'cropMarked',
 		alt_F2: 'cropBookmarked',
 		C: 'browseActions: "/Crop/" -- Crop menu...',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/imagegrid/data.js b/ui (gen4)/imagegrid/data.js
index 475c7b51..3e05ecc9 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/imagegrid/data.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/imagegrid/data.js	
@@ -2306,18 +2306,29 @@ var DataPrototype = {
 	// NOTE: this will not crop the .order...
 	crop: function(list, flatten){
 		var crop = this.clone()
-		list = crop.makeSparseImages(list)
+		list = list == null || list == '*' ? 
+			'*' 
+			: crop.makeSparseImages(list)
 
 		if(!flatten){
+			if(list == '*'){
+				return crop 
+			}
 			// place images in ribbons...
 			for(var k in crop.ribbons){
-				crop.ribbons[k] = crop.makeSparseImages(crop.ribbons[k].filter(function(_, i){
-					return list[i] != null
-				}))
+				crop.ribbons[k] = crop.makeSparseImages(
+						crop.ribbons[k]
+							.filter(function(_, i){ return list[i] != null }))
 			}
 
 		// flatten the crop...
 		} else {
+			list = list == '*' ? 
+				crop.makeSparseImages(
+					crop.ribbon_order
+						.map(function(r){ return crop.ribbons[r] })
+						.reduce(function(a, b){ return a.concat(b) }, []))
+				: list
 			crop.ribbons = {}
 			crop.ribbon_order = []
 			crop.ribbons[crop.newRibbon()] = list