Many had to edit photos, because they did not fit in size, some photos had a color balance that had to be corrected. Users work in the graphical environment of Photoshop, where you need to use various tools to visualize and retouch photos. In many problems, tool combinations help in this program. Some work situations are resolved quite simply. Beginners often reflect on how to crop an image in Photoshop CS6. There is not one way to crop photos and images, they differ in functionality from each other.
How to crop an image in "Photoshop" along the contour
Why do you need to resize the image and crop it? Imagine that sometimes situations arise when a photograph or image is too large. Many sites require an image on a user's personal profile of no more than a certain number of pixels in width and height. The photo has unwanted objects that can be fixed. All these and many other situations make the user think about how to crop the image in Photoshop. There are several methods that are excellent in their execution and application. For example, there are methods for quick cropping, as well as for more thorough, taking into account elements and objects in the image. Some tools are able to crop only specific areas (editing edges, rectangular and oval notch), while others are able to remove unnecessary and leave the desired regardless of the complexity of objects and images (Pen, Magic Wand, Quick Selection).
Frame tool
This tool allows you to very quickly both crop the image in Photoshop, part of it, and adjust the size. The tool is located on the main quick access panel. When activated, horizontal and vertical lines are displayed on the image, which divide it into nine segments. The edges and corners of the image can be moved, while reducing or increasing the parameters of the document. It should be remembered that the image is not changed by transforming (stretching and stretching) the object, but by a complete displacement of the edges. In Photoshop, it’s convenient to adjust the size of the sides using the Frame tool. When expanding the frame, the newly formed area will be empty, so this should also be taken into account when working.
Highlighting areas
In addition to directly cropping images, there is a two-step method for editing documents. Thanks to the selection function with the selected object, you can work with various functioning parts. The quick access panel has three main cells with tools for selection:
- Highlighting with clear geometric objects (rectangular and oval). Work with such tools is as follows. First, an area is selected, then hot keys are applied to work (Delete - deletes the selected area; Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V - to create a new layer with the selected object). An unnecessary layer can be deleted in the layer management menu.
- Highlight with a lasso (lasso, rectangular lasso, magnetic lasso). The formation of the area occurs with the cursor. When the paintwork is clamped, it is necessary to select the area, and then release the paintwork. The area previously limited by the cursor is highlighted, which can be edited in the same way as in the case described above.
- Highlighting thanks to the color key ("Magic Wand" and quick selection). Tools are used in exceptional cases, since the resulting selected area is inaccurate. The "magic wand" is used in the selection and trimming of text and other small elements in large quantities, since other tools are not able to cope with this task quickly enough. Quick selection specializes in highlighting areas that are similar in color to the original selection.
Pen tool
The most favorite tool, thanks to which you can highlight the most inaccessible elements. This tool forms a closed loop, which is regulated by reference points. The closed area can be selected thanks to the called context menu in which you can adjust the edges of the selected area.