Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial page 119

From Center Draws the shape from the center.
Feather Decides how soft the edges of the finished shape must be. Feathering softens the edges of the cropped image so
that the edges fade out and blend into the background.
Crop Select to trim the image to the bounding box that contains the shape created
5. Drag within the image to create the shape boundary and move it to the desired location in the image.
6. Click the Commit button
Cancel button or press Esc.
Change the size of the canvas
The canvas is the workspace around an existing image, within the image window. It is the full editable area of an image. You can increase or
decrease the size of the canvas, on any side of an image. Added canvas appears in the currently selected background color on the Background
layer (by default), or selected canvas extension color from the Canvas size window. In other layers, the added canvas is transparent.
Increasing the size of the canvas makes room for a colored border.
1. Choose Image > Resize > Canvas Size.
2. Do one of the following:
In the Width and Height boxes, enter the full dimensions of the new canvas. Choose the units of measurement you want
from the adjacent drop-downs.
Select Relative, and enter the amount by which you want to increase or decrease the size of the canvas. Enter a negative
number to decrease the size of the canvas. Use this option if you want to increase the canvas by a specified amount, such
as 2 inches on each side.
3. Click an arrow on the Anchor icon to indicate the position at which the existing image should be, on the new canvas.
4. To change the color of the added canvas, choose an option from the Canvas Extension Color menu and click OK.
Straighten an image
Camera shake may cause an image to be improperly aligned. For example, the horizon in the picture of a sunset may not be perfectly horizontal.
In Photoshop Elements, you can realign the photo to cause the horizon to be perfectly horizontal. You can use the Straighten tool to realign an
, or press Enter to finish the cropping. If you want to cancel the cropping operation, click the
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