Adobe Photoshop/cropping photos

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Expert: - 2/1/2010


Question
Whenever I crop a photo in Adobe Photoshop the picture disappears.  It is almost like it crops so smaller.  How do I crop a photo and it not disappear?

Answer
Hi Bethany,

When you select the crop tool make sure the width, height and resolution in the tool bar are left blank so that this doesn't constrain your crop. Click on the clear button after you select the tool.

In the upper left of your photoshop window click on the crop icon so a list of presets appears. Click on the triangle in the upper right of this window to bring up a flyout menu. Choose "Reset Tool Presets" from the menu to reset the cropping tool to it's defaults.

Hope this helps,
Glen Demers
Adobe Certified Expert, Photoshop 7
Prepress Technician, Best Printing Online
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I am an Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop 7 and can answer any questions dealing with images for print; resolution, color correction, color space, sharpening and retouching. I am a prepress technician for Best Printing Online and if you want to know how to prepare your image for offset reproduction, I can help.

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I've been working in the prepress aspect of printing for 25 years and am currently a prepress technician for Best Printing Online
I've worked with Photoshop since 1994 and have used all versions from 3 to CS3. I'm an ACE (Adobe certified expert) in Photoshop 7.0

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I graduated High School and took 1 year of College level offset printing course. I've attended 2 Photoshop World conferences and taken numerous seminars pertaining to Photoshop and the print industry.

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