Crop Photo Using Photoshop

Introduction:

Today you’re going to learn how to crop photo’s using Photoshop. There’s more than one way to go about cropping in Photoshop, so I’ll cover the two most popular and easy methods. We’ll be using a stock photo from everystockphoto.com which is royalty free. You can use the same photo as me while you follow along, or practice on one of your own.

Method One, Use Photoshop’s Crop Tool:

Open your image in Photoshop and Press C to select the Crop Tool. Now just click somewhere in the photo and drag out a rectangle or square. You’ll notice the part you’ve selected is still bright, whereas everything else is shaded. The shaded area will be cropped.

Method 2, Use Photoshop’s Marquee Tool:

This method of cropping photos using Photoshop is very similar to method 1, although it doesn’t give you quite as much control.

Open your image in Photoshop and press M to select the Marquee Tool, make sure it’s the square Marquee and not the round one. If you have the round Marquee Tool selected, hold shift and press M again to switch it.

Now, drag a selection around the area you wish to crop. Once you’ve selected an area you’re happy with, click Image from the top menu and then click “crop” from the drop down. It’s that simple!

Hopefully you’re happy with your results.