ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Cropping, resizing, retouching, and transforming photos
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Crop To Remove Background Crops the image to remove any blank background area that becomes visible after
straightening. Some pixels will be clipped.
Crop To Original Size Keeps the canvas the same size as the original image. The straightened image will include areas
of blank background and some pixels will be clipped.
Straightening and cropping to remove the background
3 To straighten the image, do one of the following:
• To align horizontally, draw a line in the image to represent the new straight horizontal edge.
• To align vertically, click the starting point, hold down Ctrl (Command in Mac OS), and drag to represent the new
straight vertical line.
Automatically straighten an image
• To automatically straighten the image and leave the canvas around the image, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten
Image. The straightened image will contain areas of blank background, but no pixels are clipped.
• To automatically straighten and crop the image, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten And Crop Image. The
straightened image will not contain areas of blank background, but some pixels will be clipped.
Divide a scanned image containing multiple photos
If you scanned several pictures at once on a flatbed scanner, you can automatically divide and straighten the scanned
image into its component photos. The photos must have a clear separation between them.
Separating images scanned from one page into three separate images
❖ In the Edit workspace, choose Image > Divide Scanned Photos. Photoshop Elements automatically divides the
image and places each photo in a separate file.
For images with white around the border (images of light skies, snow, and so on), this command works best if you
cover the image on the scanner with a piece of dark paper.
Last updated 1/27/2011