Apple Aperture 2 - Manual (Page 403)

Chapter 15 Making Image Adjustments 403
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Cropping Images with the Crop Tool
Cropping an image with the Crop tool is the easiest method. You simply select the Crop
tool and drag a rectangle over your image to exclude the unwanted areas. The Crop HUD
appears, providing additional controls for setting the aspect ratio of the image.
To crop an image using the Crop tool:
1 Select an image.
2 Select the Crop tool in the tool strip or the Full Screen view toolbar (or press C).
The Selection tool changes to the Crop tool, and the Crop HUD appears.
3 With the Crop tool selected, drag a rectangle over the image to exclude the areas that
you want to trim.
A Crop overlay appears on the image with resize handles, and the trimmed edges are
dimmed. When you release the mouse button, the image is cropped. For instructions
on viewing the cropped image without the Crop overlay, see “
Displaying the Cropped
Image Without the Crop Overlay ” on page 406.
Drag across the image
with the Crop tool. A
dark overlay is placed
over the trimmed areas.