 Lynne S. Fried |
CS4 - Crop Tool I could use some advice on CS4 - When I go to crop a photo, I use the crop tool and the photo crops in a rectangle shape. But, as soon as I release it the button so I can crop the photo, the crop changes to more of an oval with rounded corners. Then when I go to image/crop it only crops a slight amount or none @ all. I've tried to find a default key with no luck so I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice on how to fix this problem. Thank you!
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Richard Lynch |
Sounds like you are using the Marquee tool rather than the Crop tool. You can crop with either (for Marquee, make a marquee and then choose Image>Crop), but Marquees can be trickier as the outline you see does not represent the whole selection you have made (it will not include all the feathering). If you want to use the Marquee method, you'll also want to shut off Feathering (feather=0) and antialiasing (uncheck). It sounds like you have feathering on which will throw off your cropping. Try the regular crop tool (press C). Click the Clear button on the options bar once to be sure you are cropping what you see and not changing resolution. I hope that helps! Richard Lynch
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Lynne S. Fried |
Hi Richard - thank you for your response - It is the marquee tool that I have always used for cropping. I turned the feathering down to the minimum. But I didn't find where to uncheck it. Now when I try to use the marquee tool for cropping the program either tells me "no pixels are more than 50% selected. The selecetion edge will not be visable", or, it makes a small oval in the center of the photo. I also tried the crop tool and that seems to be working fine. I'm sure you can tell I'm rather new to PSD and I appreciate you taking your time to help me out!
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Lynne, You should take one of Richards classes. He will have you buzzing around like a pro in no time. When I 1st started using photoshop, I would read a book and 80% of the stuff I really didn't care about or wasn't ready to get into. The courses I have taken at BP are designed & better suited for our current level and direction we want to go. Have fun, Carlton
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Richard Lynch |
That is exactly the opposite of what should happen. If your setting is indeed 0px feathering that should leave the Marquee with a hard edge. You aren't fussing with the Refine Edge button, are you? Are you sure there is just a zero in the feather field? The oval you are seeing and the message you are getting suggest that you are feathering the selection pretty broadly. I'll upload a screen shot of the options. Anti-aliasing is on the options bar when the Marquee is selected, but it is grayed out and unavailable. Carlton, thanks for the vote of confidence! Talk about buzzing around, you are sure making the rounds on the forum! Great to see all your enthusiastic contribution. Richard Lynch
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Richard Lynch |
You'll want to click that image to get a better look at it ;-)
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