How to crop a video in photoshop series#
“Presets” Drop-down Menu: this gives you a series of preset crop sizes.Note that the buttons “Reset”, “Cancel“, & “Commit” on the right side of the Options Bar won’t appear until you initiate a crop, such as moving a “Crop Handle”, etc. The Options Bar at the top of the Workspace is where you’ll set all of the various parameters & preferences for the Crop Tool. For “fine-tuning” (with the “grid” still showing), hold down the “Option” key ( “Alt” on a PC), then use the “Arrow” Keys on the keyboard for small but precise adjustments.Notice that the image moves, not the “Crop Box”. With the “grid” active: click, hold & drag.If there is no “grid” showing:click anywhere inside the “Crop Box”, then release the mouse button – the “grid” will appear – see diagram.To move the image inside the “Crop Box”: Click to Zoom in & Pan Drag up or down to a diagonal opposite from where you started, such as Top Left to Bottom Right, and so on. To cre ate a crop in a “free-form” manner (regardless of the values in the Options Bar), click and hold inside the current “Crop Box” before you physically move a “ Crop handle” (no “grid”).In addition, hovering anywhere slightly outside the “Crop Box” will change the cursor to a 90-degree double-sided arrow – now you can easily rotate the cropped area by clicking and dragging – see diagram above.By the way, when a particular crop size is chosen in the Options Bar, such as an 8×10, the “Crop Box” will stay the same Aspect Ratio (discussed in a bit) – no matter which “ Crop Handle” you drag and move,.As an aside, you can click on the “Cancel” button in the Options Bar at any time to cancel & start over. You’ll also notice that a “grid” appears, and it generally only appears after you’ve moved a “ Crop Handle” (more on the “grid” throughout this post).Notice that the mouse cursor changes to a double-headed arrow as it’s hovered over any ”Crop Handle” – now you can click, hold and drag any ”Crop Handle” to create the “Crop Box” – see diagram.To get started, click on a ”Crop Handle”, hold the mouse button down and drag the handles to the desired crop.
If there’s no defined crop size in the Options Bar (which we’ll discuss in a bit), then the “Crop Box” starts on the outside edge of the image – see diagram. The four corners of the image, as well as one on each side, creating a “Crop Box” (the area being cropped). When the Crop Tool is chosen: notice the ”Crop Handles” at.The Crop Tool can be found in the Tools Panel, or by pressing its Speed Key, which is “C”. Once you fully understand the “How-to”, the creative aspect is yours to discover & explore as a photographer. This blogpost is about the procedural – the “How-to”. The Crop Tool allows you to crop to a portion of an image to enhance the subject matter, remove an unwanted object, and/or improve your composition.Ĭropping your image in Photoshop is one of those rare functions that has both creative AND procedural aspects to it.
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