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Cropping images is an integral part of photo editing. Changing an image’s size is just the beginning.
There are all kinds of reasons to crop an image. You might need to straighten a photo, resize your canvas, or shift focus and composition. Sometimes you might want to crop out a distracting object in the background or give the image more vertical or horizontal emphasis. Fortunately, Photoshop offers many ways to adjust the canvas size of an image, change the aspect ratio, or make the subjects within the photo better conform to the rule of thirds.
Choose the Crop tool from the Photoshop toolbar. You’ll notice an overlay dividing the image into thirds.
Frame your photo by dragging the corner handles around the part of the image you want to keep and rotating your image left or right. You can use the grid overlay to crop an image at precise vertical or horizontal points.
Finalize your selection by hitting Enter or Return on your keyboard or clicking the checkmark in the control bar. Unless you’re sure you won’t need to make future edits, it’s a good idea to un-check the Delete Cropped Pixels box.
When it comes to cropping in Photoshop, you can be as precise as you want to be. Experiment with different cropping methods by trying the techniques below.
If you need to crop an image to a specific size, you can do it in Photoshop. Choose a preexisting aspect ratio (that is, the width and height of an image) or specify your own dimensions.
It can be challenging to perfectly straighten an image with precise lines, like a horizon or a tall building. In cases like these, use the Straighten tool to subtly adjust the cropped area and correct off-kilter angles. Just choose the Crop tool and hit the Straighten button in the control bar to get an accurate crop.
Cropping is more than resizing a photo. It can also mean expanding the scope of the image or changing the angle or perspective in an image.
Change the angle of an image while you crop it with the Perspective Crop tool. Turn a head-on image into an angled one, or get a new point of view on a photo.
The Content-Aware Fill tool can enlarge an image by filling in an area with similar pixels. Add more sky, more grass, more trees, and more of just about anything to a photo.
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