Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Cropped Area
Note:
Crop Guide Overlay
Shield
4. If necessary, adjust the cropping marquee:
To move the marquee to another position, place the pointer inside the bounding box and drag.
To scale the marquee, drag a handle. To constrain the proportions, hold down Shift as you drag a corner handle.
To rotate the marquee, position the pointer outside the bounding box (the pointer turns into a curved arrow), and drag. To move the
center point around which the marquee rotates, drag the circle at the center of the bounding box. (The marquee can’t be rotated in
Bitmap mode.)
5. In the options bar, set the following:
Select Hide to preserve the cropped area in the image file. You can make the hidden area visible by moving the image with
the Move tool
. Select Delete to discard the cropped area.
The Hide option is not available for images that contain only a background layer; you must convert the background to a regular layer.
Select Rule Of Thirds to add guides that help you place compostional elements at 1/3 increments. Select Grid to
display fixed guidelines with spacing that depends upon crop size.
The cropping shield shades the image area that will be deleted or hidden. When Shield is selected, you can specify color and
opacity for the shield. When Shield is deselected, the area outside the cropping marquee is revealed.
6. Do one of the following:
To complete the crop, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS), click the Commit button in the options bar, or double-click inside
the cropping marquee.
To cancel the cropping operation, press Esc or click the Cancel button in the options bar.
Crop an image using the Crop command
1. Use a selection tool to select the part of the image you want to keep.
2. Choose Image > Crop.
Crop an image using the Trim command
The Trim command crops an image by removing unwanted image data in different ways than the Crop command. You can crop an image by
trimming surrounding transparent pixels, or background pixels of the color you specify.
1. Choose Image > Trim.
2. In the Trim dialog box, select an option:
Transparent Pixels to trim away transparency at the edges of the image, leaving the smallest image containing nontransparent pixels.
Top Left Pixel Color to remove an area the color of the upper-left pixel from the image.
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