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Un-clip
Press the Un-clip
button with any clipped photo selected, to restore the original photo. This restores the clip rectangle,
which you can adjust or clear by clicking outside it.
The Un-clip button in the Clip Tool
will change the outline of any clipped photo, and also arbitrarily formed shapes with a bitmap fill, to that
rectangular outline of the complete photo or bitmap used as the fill. You may have to select the Clear
button to clear the crop rectangle (or click outside the rectangle).
Adjusting the clip region
Because the un-clip button restores the clip rectangle (showing the area outside faded), you can easily
make fine adjustments to a clipped photo. Just select the photo, press the Un-clip button and adjust the
sides of the clip rectangle as required. Double click inside the photo to clip it again.
Width / Height
After drawing a clip rectangle, you can enter values directly into the width and height fields on the
InfoBar to set the clip rectangle dimensions to exact values.
Lock Aspect
Select the "Lock aspect" check-box to constrain the clip rectangle to a specific aspect ratio as you
drag. The radio buttons to the right of the check-box determine the aspect ratio used. Select "Current"
to maintain the aspect ratio to that of the photo before the clip. Note that the clip rectangle automatically
changes between landscape and portrait orientation as you drag a corner of the rectangle. So if you drag
sideways it tends to create a clip in landscape orientation. If you drag downwards more, then it will
create a clip region in portrait orientation.
The common preset crop aspect ratios are available of 4:3 (most consumer digital cameras and old-style
TVs and monitors), 3:2 (that of traditional film cameras and higher end SLR digital cameras), and 16:9
(aspect ratio of widescreen TVs).
You can override the lock-aspect option by using "Ctrl" while dragging. So if you're dragging out a clip
rectangle (or adjusting one) without aspect ratio lock, then holding "Ctrl" will lock the aspect to the last
selected aspect ratio. Similarly if you have lock aspect option on then "Ctrl" will temporarily un-lock the
aspect ratio.
Clipping in Photo Documents
In photo mode, there is a one-pixel grid applied to the photo (when at 96dpi, the default resolution) and
the clip rectangle snaps to this grid. This makes it very easy to get pixel exact clipping. For highly
accurate or exact pixel snapping, it's recommended to operate in photo mode and to zoom in so you can
see the pixels clearly.
See Photo documents
for more information.
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