Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 200)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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• To cancel the cropping operation, press Esc or click the Cancel button in the options bar.
Crop and Straighten photos
You can place several photos on your scanner and scan them in one pass, which creates a single image file. The Crop
and Straighten Photos command is an automated feature that can create separate image files from the multiple-image
scan.
For best results, you should keep 1/8 inch between the images in your scan, and the background (typically the
scanner bed) should be a uniform color with little noise. The Crop and Straighten Photos command works best on
images with clearly delineated outlines. If the Crop and Straighten Photos command cannot properly process the
image file, use the Crop tool.
1 Open the scanned file that contains the images you want to separate.
2 Select the layer that contains the images.
3 (Optional) Draw a selection around the images you want to process.
This is useful if you don’t want to process all the images in the scan file.
4 Choose File > Automate > Crop And Straighten Photos. The scanned images are processed, and then each image
opens in its own window.
If the Crop And Straighten Photos command incorrectly splits one of your images, make a selection border around
the image and some background, and then hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you choose the
command. The modifier key indicates that only one image should be separated from the background.
Rotate or flip an entire image
The Rotate Canvas commands let you rotate or flip an entire image. The commands do not work on individual layers
or parts of layers, paths, or selection borders. If you want to rotate a selection or layer, use the Transform or Free
Transform commands.
Rotating images
A. Flip Horizontal B. Original image C. Flip Vertical D. Rotate 90˚ CCW E. Rotate 180˚ F. Rotate 90˚ CW
❖ Choose Image > Rotate Canvas, and choose one of the following commands from the submenu:
180˚ Rotates the image by a half-turn.
90˚ CW Rotates the image clockwise by a quarter-turn.
90˚ CCW Rotates the image counterclockwise by a quarter-turn.
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