Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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The canvas enlarges as
you drag and fills with
transparency. The
current canvas
dimensions appear just
over the edge of the
crop marquee.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
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5 Repeat step 4 to get the
visual proportions you
need.
6 Click and drag directly
on the image to move it
around on the canvas if
necessary.
5
7 Click the Commit
button in the Options
bar to commit the crop.
9
The Background layer changes to
a regular layer with transparency,
named Layer 0.
8 Click the Default Colors icon in
the toolbar to reset the
background color to white.
9 Click Layer.
0 Click Flatten Image.
B
Note: You can optionally click the
Layers panel drop-down menu and
select Flatten Image.
8
10
B The transparent area is filled with
white and Layer 0 changes into
the Background layer.
TIPS
Change It!
Click the Crop tool (
) and type
the width and height for your
finished design in the boxes in the
Options bar. You can also click a
preset size. Then when you click
and drag out the crop marquee in
the image, it maintains the exact
ratios you typed.
Customize It!
Click Unconstrained from the dropdown
menu in the Options bar.
Enter specific file dimensions that
you use often. Unconstrained
changes to Custom. Click the dropdown
menu and select Save
Preset. Name your custom crop
preset in the dialog box that
appears and click OK.
Try This!
You can add a colored border
instead of white. Before flattening
the layers, click the default
Background color icon in the Tool
bar and select a color in the Color
Picker that appears. Then when
you flatten the layers, the added
border is filled with the new color.
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