Hi Colin and Chris; Thank you for your replies. Here were the steps: 1. Photoshop 7 was turned on. 2. A print size of 11×14 inches was selected. Saved as #1. 3. A photo was brought on and color and other adjuctments made. 4. Cropping tool was selected, mouse was clicked and dragged to crop out a small bottom part, as soon as the mouse was let go, the image was frozen, the Photoshop working window was locked up dead. The mouse stood still. At this point all I could do was to restart the computer. Thank you again for your help! Mon Lumm
I also have trouble with the crop tool. I’m running Photoshop 6 on Windows XP with an Athalon xp processor. After I create an initial selection, the drag points in the middle of an edge of the bounding box are missing. I cannot crop a square selection either straight vertically or straight horizontilly, only diagonally, or rotationally. I did not have this problem when running Windows 98 on an Intel machine.
Window locked up on me as well when trying desperatly to get the crop tool to do what I wanted. Needed a hard boot to get going again. I ran Norton Windoctor and only found an error for an invalid shortcut.
Are there any known common problems with running Photoshop 6 on Windows XP. Is anyone else having this same crop problem?
You cant use the Crop tool to crop inversely. But you can simply cut out the center of the photo using the rectangle marquee tool, if that’s what you’re getting at. If you’ve already cropped and wished you hadn’t, revert the file.
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I can’t seem to find a way to inverse the selection made by the crop tool. Is there such a feature?
No, the Crop tool is not used to make selections. You want the Rectangular Marquee tool. Then you can use Inverse from the Selection menu.
I have exactly the same difficulty as Stephen Foley as far as the crop tool in Windows XP is concerned – *After I create an initial selection, the drag points in the middle of an edge of the bounding box are missing. I cannot crop a square selection either straight vertically or straight horizontilly, only diagonally, or rotationally* This problem is far from resolved – I’m running PhotoShop 7.
The response from dave milbut is deeply unhelpful…not to say abrupt…I can see no mention of these difficulties in the FAQ despite searching and re-searching with different keywords. Perhaps dave would like to point us lesser mortals in the right direction – preferably in lower case.
The response from dave milbut is deeply unhelpful…not to say abrupt…
no it wasn’t… both prior users mention windows locking up.
from initial post:
the image was frozen and window was locked up
from post #5:
Window locked up on me as well when trying desperatly to get the crop tool to do what I wanted. Needed a hard boot to get going again.
If windows locks up under xp it’s a hardware problem. that’s addressed in the FAQ. Chris Cox (PS designer) told the user to check the faq for the computer locks up topic. I even linked to the specific topic in my post #4 in case the user was unable to locate it. In post #6 i reiterated the need to read that topic. Abrupt? Maybe. Unhelpful? No. When another user posted the same question and hadn’t read or didn’t understand the previous answers.
Are you locking up completely? If so you have bad hardware and I ask you (kindly – pretty please – there better?) to please read the Frequently Asked Questions response provided in that link. Now refrenced for the FOURTH time in this thread.
If you are NOT locking up (windows freezing, requiring a cold reboot), you don’t have the same problem as the other 2 users and you should start a NEW thread detailing YOUR problem instead of blasting the regulars who are trying to help here as "deeply unhelpful".
BTW, if you’re NOT locking up, have you checked the option bar when using the crop tool and made sure there are no paramaters left in there? You can hit the clear button in the option bar with the crop tool selected to make sure everything to do with the crop tool is reset/cleared to defaults.
Another general PS wierdness fix is to reset the prefrences. That’s also detailed in the FAQ section in case clearing the option bar doesn’t work.
Thanks for the insult. Next time I’ll try to be nicer.
Yeah, its a reset defaults situation. I’ll try to be thread specific in future. Mon Lumm and Stephen Foley came up in the same FAQ search and I just posted a reply. Craven apologies for breach of etiquette. Gave me a chance to sort it myself instead of bleating for help from you seasoned regulars. OK here’s how it goes: Open an image in PP7. Click on crop tool. If the bounding box limits seem not to have central handle you cannot create the cropping area you require. Just a half of the image or so? This is what you do (in XP anyway) to put things right. Go up top right>click cancel current crop operation – this gets rid of the bounding box. Go up top left>click the crop symbol, then the blue arrow to access the drop down list of tool options. Click *restore tool defaults* and you’re good to go. THAT’s helpful. Bye.
This is insane. Dave is a regular contriubtor that does little more than donate time, for free to help folks with photoshop and non-photoshop questions. All of us get annoyed when we point to an answer provided by GOD (Chris Cox) and everyone blows it off, saying "that’s not it".
Then someone comes along and asks the same question in the thread as the previous questions, and expects the answer to be different.
Even if he’s not right (and he usually is), shame on you. Call Adobe Customer Service then and PAY for your answers.
The main issue was cropping anyway, not all this crashing stuff.
that’s great, but if xp is locking up – ever – you have a hardware problem that’s not going to get any better.
sorry i was a bit abrupt stephen, but even newbies usually read the previous posts in a thread before they post to it. you said you were locking up and that you had windows xp. those 2 facts together point to a hardware failure in your system (per that faq thread). ram, cpu, mobo or other. but it exists. ps was just exposing it. it WILL be back if you don’t get your system checked. and it WILL happen more and more frequently with different operations until you find and fix the failing componant(s).
"You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you get what you need."
I’m done.
sorry if I rubbed anyone the wrong way here. just trying to help.
My question is: Can I use the Crop Tool by a cirkelselection. I want a cirkel picture without any background. I can’t find it in my book. With the normal crop tool you create a square picture and save that picture. But I want a cirkel picture and save that cirkel picture. I hope someone knows the answer.
Use the oval marquee instead. Make your circle (Alt Shift drag) to start a circle at the center, Ctrl +Shift I to invert the selection and then Delete. Do this on a duplicate of the background layer. Click on the eye of the background to turn it off in order to see you circular selection. As far as I know, you can’t crop in a circle.
am using adobe phtoshop cs. when i use the crop tool, choose the area i want cropped, then hit enter to crop, the picture disappears and i’m left with a small black square in the centre. it seems to crop everything, and not the disignated area. anyone any ideas as to how i might fix this, or calm it down at least?
I have Photoshop 7 on 2 computers, and on one the crop tool has center and corner buttons, but one does not have the center buttons and it’s driving me crazy…is there a setting for this or do I have a freak thing going on? Thanks for any help please.
On the computer for which no center handles appear you probably have set fixed width and height in the context-sensitive options bar for the crop tool. Leave the width and height boxes blank if you want a free-form crop, and the center handles will appear.
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
With the CROP TOOL selected, hit clear, then type in the width you want in the width box and the height you want in the height box.
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until I get to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
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"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
In that case, hit the clear button and you can drag any size you want, rotate it, etc with the mouse pointer. When you have it the way you want it, hit the check sign and it will do its thing and crop as you have it. "HP" wrote in message
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until I get to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
"Graham" wrote in message
"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until I
get
to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
"Graham" wrote in message
"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
Try the Marquee tool Definitly read its instructions Shift, Space bar & Drag work together to select & move
The ‘clear’ button? Guess I will have to show my ignorance… I don’t find a ‘clear’ button. Thanks.
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In that case, hit the clear button and you can drag any size you want, rotate it, etc with the mouse pointer. When you have it the way you want it, hit the check sign and it will do its thing and crop as you have it. "HP" wrote in message
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until I get to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
"Graham" wrote in message
"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
The ‘clear’ button? Guess I will have to show my ignorance… I don’t find a ‘clear’ button. Thanks.
"mrfss" wrote in message
In that case, hit the clear button and you can drag any size you want, rotate it, etc with the mouse pointer. When you have it the way you want it, hit the check sign and it will do its thing and crop as you have it. "HP" wrote in message
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until I get to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
"Graham" wrote in message
"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
The ‘clear’ button? Guess I will have to show my ignorance… I don’t find a ‘clear’ button. Thanks.
"mrfss" wrote in message
In that case, hit the clear button and you can drag any size you want, rotate it, etc with the mouse pointer. When you have it the way you
want
it, hit the check sign and it will do its thing and crop as you have
it.
"HP" wrote in message
Thanks for the replys. Sometimes I don’t know what size I want until
I
get to cropping…I want it to be ‘freelance’ or whatever while cropping. No restrictions. Thanks.
"Graham" wrote in message
"HP" wrote in message
I have a problem with the crop tool. It will only crop to sizes, 8 x 10, 5 x 7, 4 x 6 etc. I want to be able to crop to any size. What is the answer? Using Elements 3. Thanks.
Sounds like you are using the pre-set options sizes. You can enter your own numbers directly into the two boxes which display the width & height
How can the guidelines of the crop tool in PS2 be moved only slightly? Everytime I move them using the mouse they move too far from the edge of the image. Then when I use the arrow keys to move the new lines, they move in the direction of the arrow but the size of the image stays smaller than what I want.
How can the guidelines of the crop tool in PS2 be moved only slightly? Everytime I move them using the mouse they move too far from the edge of the image. Then when I use the arrow keys to move the new lines, they move in the direction of the arrow but the size of the image stays smaller than what I want.
Hi there.
This is another of those little tricks in PS and Elements which are so easy once you know about them.
The trick for fine movements of a Crop, especially near the edge of the image, is to hold down Cntrl while moving the Crop Line.
Do you mean that the edge jumps instead of moves slowly? If so, I suspect you have "snap to grid" switched on – not sure where the settings are for this in PSE 2.
when using crop tool it used to let me drag the crop size from corners and single edges, but now it only crops from the top corner and expands both width and height simultaneously, I cant crop a portion out that I specify it just goes where it wants(rather like it is constraining the sample) how can i stop this?
when using crop tool it used to let me drag the crop size from corners and single edges, but now it only crops from the top corner and expands both width and height simultaneously, I cant crop a portion out that I specify it just goes where it wants(rather like it is constraining the sample) how can i stop this?
Probably the problem is that you have a size selected in the crop tool. Blank out the sizes and you’ll be ok.
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when using crop tool it used to let me drag the crop size from corners and single edges, but now it only crops from the top corner and expands both width and height simultaneously, I cant crop a portion out that I specify it just goes where it wants(rather like it is constraining the sample) how can i stop this?
when using crop tool it used to let me drag the crop size from corners and single edges, but now it only crops from the top corner and expands both width and height simultaneously, I cant crop a portion out that I specify it just goes where it wants(rather like it is constraining the sample) how can i stop this?
Probably the problem is that you have a size selected in the crop tool. Blank out the sizes and you’ll be ok.
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Right! At the far right of the Options Bar for the Crop Tool is a box labelled "Clear" Clicking within this box will clear any fixed dimensions which have been set in the first two boxes and let you control the size of the crop. After you release the mouse, you can click-drag within the outline to move the selection. Good luck! . . . . patrick
May 8, 2005
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when using crop tool it used to let me drag the crop size from corners and single edges, but now it only crops from the top corner and expands both width and height simultaneously, I cant crop a portion out that I specify it just goes where it wants(rather like it is constraining the sample) how can i stop this?
when I use crop tool it spreads a box proportionally, how can I make the width and height be alterable independantly
by using the handles on the ‘crop square’ before cropping. Draw the square (with the crop tool) and thereafter move your cursor on the square-lines in order to enable the handles.
when I use crop tool it spreads a box proportionally, how can I make the width and height be alterable independantly
click on the Crop tool. Look at the Options bar. You probably have "Fixed Aspect Ratio" selected. Change it to "Normal." — Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
"Fixed Aspect Ratio" refers to the "Style" box in the Marquee tool. For the Crop tool, select the tool, then set the boxes in the Options bar: Click on the "Clear" box to clear any fixed dimensions you may have set for previous images. When you draw the crop area, get the square approximately the way you want by click-dragging as you have been doing. Then, click-drag on one of the *middle* markers in the crop outline. (You can still click-drag on one of the corners but then you must be careful to drag orthogonally so as not to alter the other dimension.) Right click inside the crop area and choose "Crop" or "Cancel"
BTW, you can rotate your cropped area by click-dragging *outside* the area. The cursor will turn to a small arc with an arrow head at each end. You can set the rotation point by click-dragging the center marker in the crop area.
The Marquee tool works simarily if you select the "Style>Normal" in the Options bar — with the advantage that you can then choose "Select>Transform" after you have drawn the marque and have access to all the free transform operations to tailor the selection. When you draw the Marquee area, you can control its aspect ratio by dragging straight up/down, left/right or diagonally. You can move the area by holding down the space bar and dragging inside the area.. Do NOT let up on the mouse. You can go back and forth between sizing and moving the area as long as you don’t let up on the mouse. Unlike the Crop tool, you are making a selection, not just drawing a crop area. That’s what lets you invoke the "Select>Transform> function after you have drawn the area. To crop to the final selection, use Image>Crop with the selection still active. (Use the same techniques to draw with the Ellipse tool.)
when I use crop tool it spreads a box proportionally, how can I make the width and height be alterable independantly
click on the Crop tool. Look at the Options bar. You probably have "Fixed Aspect Ratio" selected. Change it to "Normal." — Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink: all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html
"Fixed Aspect Ratio" refers to the "Style" box in the Marquee tool. For the Crop tool, select the tool, then set the boxes in the Options bar: Click on the "Clear" box to clear any fixed dimensions you may have set for previous images. When you draw the crop area, get the square approximately the way you want by click-dragging as you have been doing. Then, click-drag on one of the *middle* markers in the crop outline. (You can still click-drag on one of the corners but then you must be careful to drag orthogonally so as not to alter the other dimension.) Right click inside the crop area and choose "Crop" or "Cancel" BTW, you can rotate your cropped area by click-dragging *outside* the area. The cursor will turn to a small arc with an arrow head at each end. You can set the rotation point by click-dragging the center marker in the crop area.
The Marquee tool works simarily if you select the "Style>Normal" in the Options bar — with the advantage that you can then choose "Select>Transform" after you have drawn the marque and have access to all the free transform operations to tailor the selection. When you draw the Marquee area, you can control its aspect ratio by dragging straight up/down, left/right or diagonally. You can move the area by holding down the space bar and dragging inside the area.. Do NOT let up on the mouse. You can go back and forth between sizing and moving the area as long as you don’t let up on the mouse. Unlike the Crop tool, you are making a selection, not just drawing a crop area. That’s what lets you invoke the "Select>Transform> function after you have drawn the area. To crop to the final selection, use Image>Crop with the selection still active. (Use the same techniques to draw with the Ellipse tool.) Good Luck! . . . . patrick
Art, I forgot to mention another advantage of using the Marquee tool rather than the Crop tool is that, once drawn, it is, indeed, a selection and by hitting the Q key you can perform any operation on that selection that you can perform on any grey scale layer. You can paint black/white for a freehand alteration of the selection, apply a blur filter for previewed feather effects, etc. You can also select *any* of the Select menu items, not just the Transform function. I frequently use the Selection>Inverse option. .. . . . patrick
I have recently got the courage to try some ideas in magazine to help enlarge my capabilities in Photoshop 7. I was using the crop tool for vignettes recently, however when I finished and then logged in a couple of days later and reverted back to rectangular tool. firstly it was working ,however when I came to actually crop it cancelled and went back to original. I have tried several times all unsuccessful to crop but it wont work. Has anyone come across this problem and how can it be fixed?
I have recently got the courage to try some ideas in magazine to help enlarge my capabilities in Photoshop 7. I was using the crop tool for vignettes recently, however when I finished and then logged in a couple of days later and reverted back to rectangular tool. firstly it was working ,however when I came to actually crop it cancelled and went back to original. I have tried several times all unsuccessful to crop but it wont work. Has anyone come across this problem and how can it be fixed?
Hi Tommy, It looks like you are mix up the Crop with Rectangular Marquee tool (hold your cursor over the tool’s button on the Toolbox to see its name). The only purpose of the Crop Tool is reformatting the entire document. The Rectangular Marquee selects a particular area of your document. After selecting you can edit this area separately from the rest of the image. Also Most probably, you created vignette with the Rectangular Marquee. Now if you want to discard unnecessary (not selected) parts of the document pull down "Image > Crop".
is there a snap to option in cs4 for the crop tool?
I’m restoring some ole photos and need to trim a small amount around the edges. However whenever I get close to the edge when dragging it seems to snap to the edge