Thanks!!!-Crop Tool Problem & Making Images Use All of Photo Paper

Thanks to all of those who responded to my postings "Making Images Use ALL of Photo Paper" and "Crop Tool Not Working." I get several very helpful responses to my postings on this and one other Photoshop newsgroup and was able to resolve my problem with your advice. For some reason, the dragging feature on my PS isn't working with the crop tool, but my problem is rectified by instead simply clicking on the rectangular marquee icon, entering the output format ratio (4X6, 5X7, etc.) clicking on the image and THEN dragging within the image. I can then match the output format ratio exactly with my blank photo paper size and fill the entire blank (and without distortion) by cropping this way. Thanks again for your help in solving my problems.

Glad you found a solution, but you are probably not cropping properly. Try this:
1. Right click crop tool
2. Set size
3. Set the cursor (crop tool active) in the upper left corner of your image, right click and drag out the crop box to the right and down. Once you let go the crop is set to the proper ratio, but notice that the tool bar has disappeared because any adjustments to the handles will distory the ratio. You can right click within the cropped area and move the crop around, up and down and side to side.

Glenn.

"Xtx99" wrote in message

Thanks to all of those who responded to my postings "Making Images Use ALL

of

Photo Paper" and "Crop Tool Not Working." I get several very helpful

responses

to my postings on this and one other Photoshop newsgroup and was able to resolve my problem with your advice. For some reason, the dragging

feature on

my PS isn't working with the crop tool, but my problem is rectified by

instead

simply clicking on the rectangular marquee icon, entering the output

format

ratio (4X6, 5X7, etc.) clicking on the image and THEN dragging within the image. I can then match the output format ratio exactly with my blank

photo

paper size and fill the entire blank (and without distortion) by cropping

this

way. Thanks again for your help in solving my problems.

Amend my post ...Opps the crop tool does keep the preset ratio ;)

Glenn

"Glenn" wrote in message

Glad you found a solution, but you are probably not cropping properly.

Try

this:
1. Right click crop tool
2. Set size
3. Set the cursor (crop tool active) in the upper left corner of your

image,

right click and drag out the crop box to the right and down. Once you let go the crop is set to the proper ratio, but notice that the tool bar has disappeared because any adjustments to the handles will distory the ratio. You can right click within the cropped area and move the crop around, up

and

down and side to side.

Glenn.

"Xtx99" wrote in message

Thanks to all of those who responded to my postings "Making Images Use

ALL

of

Photo Paper" and "Crop Tool Not Working." I get several very helpful

responses

to my postings on this and one other Photoshop newsgroup and was able to resolve my problem with your advice. For some reason, the dragging

feature on

my PS isn't working with the crop tool, but my problem is rectified by

instead

simply clicking on the rectangular marquee icon, entering the output

format

ratio (4X6, 5X7, etc.) clicking on the image and THEN dragging within

the

image. I can then match the output format ratio exactly with my blank

photo

paper size and fill the entire blank (and without distortion) by

cropping

this

way. Thanks again for your help in solving my problems.