Cropping images

Hello Everybody,

I am new to Photoshop. I am trying to crop an image using elliptical marquee and the crop command. After I select the image using the elliptical marquee, I find the crop command is inactive. What is it I'm missing out on ? I have saved the file in both .psd format and .jpg format.

Thanks in advance,
MRK

hi MRK,

you don't use a selection tool to crop an image. you need to invoke the crop tool which resides just below the lasso tool on the toolbar.

remember, with the crop tool, you can only do a rectangular trim.

however, if you want to retain the background after cropping your image elliptically, then just invert your elliptical selection (Shift+Ctrl+I), and click Delete.

hope that helps. cheers!

gerard

Hi,

Thanks for the info, I did take a lot of time to locate the crop tool , I had to cycle through all the icons on the tools palette to get it.

MRK

That's not necessarily true. You can use the rectangular marquee tool to crop with. Make your rectangular selection, then Image>Crop.