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To rotate or flip an entire image:
Choose Image > Rotate Canvas, and choose one of the following commands from the
submenu:
180° to rotate the image by a half-turn.
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90° CW to rotate the image clockwise by a quarter-turn.
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90° CCW to rotate the image counterclockwise by a quarter-turn.
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Arbitrary to rotate the image by the angle you specify. If you choose this option, enter
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an angle between –359.99 and 359.99 in the angle text box, and then select CW or CCW
to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise. Click OK.
Flip Canvas Horizontal (Photoshop) or Flip Horizontal (ImageReady) to flip the image
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horizontally, along the vertical axis.
Flip Canvas Vertical (Photoshop) or Flip Vertical (ImageReady) to flip the image verti-
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cally, along the horizontal axis.

Cropping images

Cropping is the process of removing portions of an image to create focus or strengthen
the composition. You can crop an image using the crop tool and the Crop command.
You can also trim pixels using the Trim command.
The crop tool provides the most options for cropping images.
To crop an image using the crop tool:
1 Select the crop tool
2 Set the mode of the crop tool:
(Photoshop) To crop the image without resampling (default), make sure that all the text
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boxes in the options bar are empty. You can click the Clear button to quickly clear all
text boxes.
(Photoshop) To resample the image during cropping, enter a height, width, and/or
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resolution in the options bar.
(ImageReady) To crop the image without resampling, make sure that Fixed Size is
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deselected in the options bar.
(ImageReady) To resample the image during cropping, select Fixed Size, and enter a
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height and width in the options bar.
To resample an image based on the dimensions and resolution of another image,
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open the other image, select the crop tool, and click Front Image in the options bar.
(In ImageReady, you must select the Fixed Size option to access the Front Image
button.) Then make the image you want to crop active.
Resampling during cropping combines the function of the Image > Image Size
command with that of the crop tool. (See
3 Define the cropping marquee by dragging over the part of the image you want to keep.
The marquee doesn't have to be precise—you can adjust it later.
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