Monday, November 26, 2007

How to work with the Crop Tool

How to work with the Crop Tool

To work with the Crop Tool

Here you can use the Crop tool to select the area of the image you want to keep. While the area outside the rectangle is deleted.

Step 1

  • Click the Crop tool button on the toolbar.

Step 2

  • Place the cursor over the image at a corner of the area you want to keep.

Step 3

  • Press the left mouse button and drag. A rectangle appears. The area inside the rectangle will be saved; the area outside the rectangle will be cropped.

Step 4

  • When the rectangle encloses the area you want to keep, release the mouse button.

Step 5

    To change the area the rectangle encloses, do any of the following:

  • Click one of the rectangle’s sides and drag to move it,

  • Click inside the rectangle and drag to enclose a different area, or

  • Right-click to remove the rectangle and start over.

Step 6

To crop the image, either:

  • Double-click inside the rectangle, or

  • Click the Crop Image button on the Crop tab of the Tool Options palette.


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