User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
To apply a crop command:
1. Select the image object. The image should not be in paint edit mode.
The center of the cropping rectangle is indicated by a square icon.
2. In the Properties bar, click the Crop & Scale drop-down list and select a preset crop size or
Custom. You cannot manually resize the cropping rectangle when using a preset crop size.
You have to select another crop size from the menu. Select Custom to be able to resize the
cropping rectangle.
3. Move the cropping rectangle, if necessary. Place the cursor on the border of the cropping
rectangle and a hand appears.
4. Place the cursor within the cropping rectangle and click to complete the crop.
Using the Trim or Trim to Path command
The Trim command lets you remove same-color pixels that are near the edge of the image area. This
feature is useful for removing unwanted white space or other borders that are not part of the main
image, e.g., you scan a photo that doesn’t fill the entire scanner area, and there is a white border
around the photo. The Trim command identifies the edges of the image, determines which pixels
around the border match, and deletes the unwanted border.
Canvas alerts you if the image can’t be trimmed because a border can’t be found.
To trim an image:
1. Select one or more paint objects to trim.
2. Then choose Image | Area | Trim to remove the border.
The Trim to Path command lets you trim an image with a vector or text object. Unlike a clipping path,
which “hides” anything outside the path, the Trim to Path command deletes any part of the image
that is outside the path. The result is a single image object, rather than an image and vector object
as is the case with clipping paths (see "Using clipping paths" on page 374).
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