Photoshop Cutting Tools Tutorial

The cutting tool of Photoshop is just like our paper cutter, we can trim our image to make the image file size change. The shortcut key for this tool is the letter C.

　　The Cutting tool for Photoshop

　　Tool Property Bar for trimming tool

Width, Height: can enter fixed values, directly complete the image cutting.

Resolution: The input value determines the resolution of the image after trimming, and the unit at which the resolution is selected.

Previous image: Click to bring up the cutting dimensions of the previous image.

Clear: Clears the existing trim dimensions for re-entry.

Tool Property Bar for the trim tool in Photoshop

　　Practice Exercise:

Cutting tool is very simple, and how to cut out a good Picture it? Let's take a few examples to learn.

　　First , learn how to use the cutting tools in PS to make a new picture.

Original:

Effect Chart:

1. Right click on the original image to save to the local computer

2. Open this picture in Photoshop. (File/Open)

3. Select the Trim tool in the Toolbox (shortcut key C)

4. Drag the mouse on the screen to put the part of the box that you want to keep.

5. Press ENTER to confirm.

　　Example II (analysis of how to compose):

This is a hastily taken picture of the harbour. Unfortunately there is no visual center in the horizontal direction, many high light and trivial elements make the picture messy, we can not see the important or interesting points.

We cut the picture vertically, with the aim of concentrating the visual center on a ship with a high mast, and the background is the light of a distant city, with a close shot and a distant vision.

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