Rotate, Crop, And Retouch Images In Camera Raw - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Rotate, crop, and retouch images in Camera Raw

Rotate images
Straighten images
Crop images
Remove red-eye
Remove spots
Rotate images
Click the Rotate Image 90° Counter Clockwise button
Click the Rotate Image 90° Clockwise button
Note: Using commands in the Edit menu, you can also rotate images in Adobe Bridge without opening the Camera Raw dialog box.
Straighten images
1. In the Camera Raw dialog box, select the Straighten tool
2. Drag the Straighten tool in the preview image to establish what's horizontal or vertical.
Note: The Crop tool is active immediately after you use the Straighten tool.
Crop images
1. In the Camera Raw dialog box, select the Crop tool
To constrain the initial crop area to a specific aspect ratio, hold the mouse button down as you select the Crop tool
from the menu. To apply a constraint to a previously applied crop, Ctrl-click (Mac OS) or right-click (Windows) on the crop.
2. Drag in the preview image to draw the crop area box.
3. To move, scale, or rotate the crop area, drag the crop area or its handles.
Note: To cancel the crop operation, press Esc with the Crop tool active, or click and hold the Crop tool button and choose Clear Crop from
the menu. To cancel the crop and close the Camera Raw dialog box without processing the camera raw image file, click the Cancel button
or deselect the Crop tool and press Esc.
4. When you are satisfied with the crop, press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS).
The cropped image resizes to fill the preview area, and the workflow options link under the preview area displays the updated image size and
dimensions.
Remove red-eye
1. Zoom the image in to at least 100%.
2. In the toolbar, select the Red Eye Removal tool
3. Drag a selection in the photo around the red eye.
Camera Raw sizes the selection to match the pupil. You can adjust the size of the selection by dragging its edges.
4. In the tool options under the Histogram, drag the Pupil Size slider to the right to increase the size of the area corrected.
5. Drag the Darken slider to the right to darken the pupil area within the selection and the iris area outside the selection.
Deselect Show Overlay to turn off the selection and check your correction.
Note: Move between multiple selected red eye areas by clicking the selection.
Remove spots
The Spot Removal tool
1. Select the Spot Removal tool
(or press R).
(or press E).
lets you repair a selected area of an image with a sample from another area.
from the toolbar.
(or press L).
(or press A).
(or press C).
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