User Guide

Chapter 5: Painting And Image Editing
You can also use the Crop tool to “hard-crop” an image, which adds or removes pixels, as an
alternative to using the Area | Crop command.
To perform a soft crop:
1.
Select the Crop tool from the Toolbox.
2. Right-click and select Soft Crop Image.
To perform a hard crop:
1. Select the Crop tool from the Toolbox.
2. Right-click and select Hard Crop Image.
Crop Icons
Soft crop pointer indicates cropping will be temporary.
Hard crop pointer indicates cropping will be permanent.
A gavel appears in crop mode when the pointer is in the image. Click to complete the crop.
A hand appears in crop mode when you point to a side of the cropping rectangle. Drag to
move the rectangle.
This symbol appears if the pointer is outside the image in crop mode.
To crop without deleting pixels:
1. Select the Crop tool and point to the image you want to crop.
2. Click the image with the crop pointer. Canvas displays a rectangle with hollow handles. This
cropping rectangle defines the outside edges of the image after cropping.
3. Position the cropping rectangle to frame the part of the image that you want to keep.
Drag a corner handle to resize the cropping rectangle.
Drag a side to move the cropping rectangle. The pointer changes to a hand when you
point to a side.
4. Press Esc to crop the image, or click in the image. Canvas hides the part of the image outside
the cropping rectangle.
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