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4 Do the following in the options bar:
Specify whether you want to hide or delete the cropped area. Select Hide to preserve
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the cropped area in the image file. You can make the hidden area visible by moving the
image with the move tool. Select Delete to discard the cropped area.
Note: In Photoshop, the Hide option is not available for images that contain only a
background layer. If you want to crop a background by hiding, convert the background to
a regular layer first. (See
cropping a background by hiding automatically converts the background to a regular
layer.
Specify whether you want to use a cropping shield to shade the area of the image that
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will be deleted or hidden. When Shield is selected, you can specify a color and opacity
for the cropping shield. When Shield is deselected, the area outside the cropping
marquee is revealed.
5 If necessary, adjust the cropping marquee:
To move the marquee to another position, place the pointer inside the bounding box
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and drag.
To scale the marquee, drag a handle. To constrain the proportions, hold down Shift as
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you drag a corner handle.
To rotate the marquee, position the pointer outside the bounding box (the pointer
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turns into a curved arrow), and drag. To move the center point around which the
marquee rotates, drag the circle at the center of the bounding box.
Note: In Photoshop, you can't rotate the marquee for an image in Bitmap mode.
6 Do one of the following:
Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS); click the Commit button
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bar; or double-click inside the cropping marquee.
To cancel the cropping operation, press Esc or click the Cancel button
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options bar.
To crop an image using the Crop command:
1 Select the part of the image you want to keep. (See
page 158.)
2 Choose Image > Crop.
To crop an image using the Trim command:
1 Choose Image > Trim.
2 In the Trim dialog box, select an option:
Transparent Pixels to trim away transparency at the edges of the image, leaving the
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smallest image containing non-transparent pixels.
Top Left Pixel Color to remove an area the color of the upper left pixel from the image.
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Bottom Right Pixel Color to remove an area the color of the lower right pixel from the
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image.
3 Select one or more areas of the image to trim away: Top, Bottom, Left, or Right.
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285.) In ImageReady,
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in the
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