LEARN HOW TO EDIT YOUR IMAGE

Cropping an image

Often you will find that you only want a part of an image and not the whole thing, especially if you are trying to reduce the size of an image for your web page. To cut out (crop) the excess:
  1. Choose the Crop Tool from the Photoshop tool bar.This will turn the cursor from an arrow into a box. 
  2. Place the box at the top left corner of the area you want to select and drag down to the bottom right of the area. This will draw a box of "walking ants" around the area you have selected. On the corners of the box and mid point along the size are small squares. These are re-sizing handles. Click on these to increase or decrease the size and shape of the area that you wish to crop. 
  3. When you have selected the desired area, double click somewhere within the section of the picture that you have selected to crop (but not on the mark in the exact center of the image). This will crop the picture. TIP: if you don't like the result, you can go up to the Edit menu --> select Undo (or use the history palette to return to the step prior to cropping).
  4.  Once you have have achieved the desired result, save.
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Adobe Photoshop CS5: Removing Items from an Image with Content-Aware


Removing unwanted items from an image is one of the most common uses of Photoshop. The Content-Aware Fill option allows you to roughly select a part of your image and then make it disappear. You can make the selection by either brushing on with the Spot Healing brush, or by making a selection and then using Edit>Fill. This is the option we are demonstrating here. It isn’t 100% accurate all of the time, but it is easy enough to make your eyes sparkle with awe.


Here is an example of using the content-aware fill to remove the palm tree from the photograph below.



Before content-aware fill                                                                               After content-aware fill


This is achieved with as little as three easy steps:


Step 1 - Make your selection To make the palm tree disappear, pick the Lasso tool and make a very rough selection around the area to delete. Don’t go too close to the edges – you need a bit of information around the area for it to work.





Step 2 - Make the fill
With the selection made, go to the Edit menu and click on Fill. On the Contents Use drop-down menu, make sure thatContent-Aware is the selected option and then click OK.





Step 3 – Touch-upAny imperfections are easy to fix. Use the Clone tool to brush over imperfections as if the palm tree never existed.





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