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Constrained Cropping in Photoshop

 
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Jun 04, 2007 16:40 |  #1

What is the keyboard short cut to make the crop command constrained in PhotoShop?

I am trying to crop a picture in Photoshop but I do not want to change the ratio of the picture

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Jun 04, 2007 16:59 |  #2

Isn't it the shift key?




  
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Jun 04, 2007 17:34 |  #3

You could also try the "crop" tool. If you are just getting the image into printable dimensions, it's better, IMO, because it color masks the part of the image outside the crop area.


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Jun 04, 2007 18:25 |  #4

Using the "crop" tool, holding the shift key before using it will constrain it to a square selection. Holding the shift key after selecting the crop area, and then dragging the corner points, will preserve the aspect ratio.


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Jul 04, 2007 19:25 |  #5

tap in the size you want in the tools options pallete and away you crop ;)


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Jul 05, 2007 10:36 |  #6

tap in the size you want in the tools options pallete...

After, you can add that proportion to a file in your crop tool.


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