#PHOTOSHOP 5.5 CROP TOOL HOW TO#

In the drop down, choose, New Crop Preset

LetвЂ™s save these settings as a preset, so that we donвЂ™t have to enter it every time. If you change the crop area and apply it, it will still end up at 8in by 10in at 300ppiД®ven when you crop in really tight, it will still be the same final size.ДЄs you can see, this is really useful for preparing files without having to think too much or do math. ThatвЂ™s because of the resolution setting. Press the Enter Key (or the checkmark in the toolbar) to apply the crop. It doesnвЂ™t matter what size you make the cropped area, it will always be 8 x10 (or whatever you entered into the boxes). Now, when you change the crop area, it stays locked at the 8Г—10 aspect ratio: 8 (in) x 10 (in). Also 180 or 360 works well for Epson printers. For print, itвЂ™s usually 300ppi (DPI printed). Shape, but not size.ДЇor resolution, enter the desired final resolution.

If you donвЂ™t enter anything in the resolution field, it will just set an aspect ratio without any resolution (final size). I added the вЂњinвЂќ to force the scale to inches. You can now type in your desired aspect ratio, or size. In the tool options bar at the top, change the option to W x H x Resolution. (Holding down Shift will constrain the shape) В© Photo by Colin Smith | You will see the crop boundaries, which can be selected and dragged. Step 1.Д¬hoose the crop tool from the toolbar, or press the C key. (You can also go back to the old way of using the crop tool by choosing the Legacy option in the option bar). When this first happened, it caused some confusion. In Photoshop CC, the crop tool was changed to offer more options (DonвЂ™t worry CS6- users, this tutorial is still for you). Crop to exact dimensions and size with theВ Photoshop Crop Tool Digital zoom This is exactlyВ what digital zoom on your camera does, and why I recommend turning it off. To change the composition of the image:В To focus on a portion of the photo, while removing distractions. To change the physical size or aspect ratio of the canvas for print, multimedia use etc.Дў. ItвЂ™s pretty much a Photoshop cropВ toolВ primer.

#PHOTOSHOP 5.5 CROP TOOL HOW TO#

In this tutorial, IвЂ™m going to show you a someВ tricks with the crop tool, show you how to automatically crop to the exact size you need without math and then provide a few practical cropping tips in Photoshop. The difficulty it seemed was cropping an image to the exact size needed for print or multimedia output. ItвЂ™s not that people donвЂ™t know how to crop an image, itвЂ™s that they donвЂ™t know how to do it an get the results they are looking for. Recently while I was conducting a Photoshop seminar tour, I realized that a lot of people were tripping up with the simple crop tool.

Photoshop 5.5 crop tool