Increasing The Size Of The Work Canvas - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual

To rotate the marquee, position the pointer
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outside the bounding box (the pointer turns into a
curved arrow), and drag. To adjust the point
around which the marquee is rotated, drag the
circle at the center of the bounding box.
Drag handle to scale; drag outside bounding box to rotate.
4 To crop the image, press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Mac OS). To cancel the cropping
operation, press Esc.
Cropped area
Note: You can't rotate the crop tool marquee for an
image in Bitmap mode.
To specify the size and resolution of the cropped area:
Double-click the crop tool ( ) to display its
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Options palette.
Select Fixed Target Size.
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To begin with the size and resolution values of
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the current image, click Front Image.
4 Choose the units of measurement you want
from the menus. The Columns option measures
width in terms of the columns specified in the
Rulers & Units preferences.
5 Enter values for the size and resolution you
want for the cropped area.
The Fixed Target Size option constrains the file size
of the image. If you specify size but not resolution,
the resolution changes automatically to
compensate for the size change. If you specify
resolution but not size, the size changes automati-
cally to compensate for the resolution change.
Drag over the area you want to keep with the
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crop tool, and then press Enter (Windows) or
Return (Mac OS).
Increasing the size of the work
canvas
The Canvas Size command lets you add or remove
work space around an existing image. You can crop
an image by decreasing the canvas area. Added
canvas appears in the same color or transparency
as the background.
To use the Canvas Size command:
Choose Image > Canvas Size.
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Choose the units of measurement you want.
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The Columns option measures width in terms
of the columns specified in the Rulers & Units
preferences.
Enter the dimensions in the Width and Height
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boxes. A new file size appears.
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