PHOTOSHOP CROPPING WITH THE CROP TOOL

Cropping is one of the most basic editing techniques that can improve your images. Cropping helps to bring out the most important features in your image and focus the viewers’ attention on these features. Cropping also allows you to make your image a standard photo size.

There are several ways to crop images in Adobe Photoshop:
1. Cropping with the Crop Tool
2. Cropping to a specific size
3. Cropping with the Marquee Tool

CROPPING WITH THE CROP TOOL The Crop Tool
allows you to make a precise selection of an image you wish to edit. To crop with the Crop Tool, follow these steps:
1. Open the image you wish to crop (see Getting Started for detailed instructions).
2. Select the Crop Tool from the Toolbox (see Selection Tools for location and description). 3. Click on your image once and drag the mouse out to make a cropping border

4. Resize the border by dragging the squares at the sides and corners till you are satisfied with the way your image looks.
NOTE: You can also rotate your cropping border. Move the cursor outside the border, you will see how it turns into a double-headed arrow. Drag the arrows in the directions you wish to rotate your selection.

5. Once you are completely satisfied with your cropped image, press ENTER.

Setting up The Document in Photoshop

To create a new document, click File > New. This will open the Document Setup dialog box

Page Size and Orientation
Change the page size by typing in new values for width and height. Page size represents the final size you want after bleeds or trimming other marks outside the page. In the Preset drop down menu you can find such common sizes as letter, legal, tabloid, etc. Typing in exact values for Height and Width gives you more control over the size and orientation of your page.

Resolution 
Resolution is a number of pixels on a printed area of an image. The higher the resolution, the more pixels there are on the page, the better is the quality of the image. However, high resolution increases the size of the file. The standard recommended resolution for printed images is 150-300, for Web images it is 72.

Color Mode
Choose a color mode that will best fit your project. For example, when making a graphic for a web site, choose RGB. When making an image for print, choose CMYK.

Background Contents
Choose the background: white, color, or transparent. When you have entered all of your document settings, click OK.