We show you how to make non-destructive and accurate crops using the improved Crop tool
The Crop tool is one of the many tools in
Photoshop CS6 that has been improved. It has been much the same since,
well, forever, and it’s nice to see Adobe paying some attention to these
everyday functions. When you use the new Crop tool, you will see
immediately that it is different. The image moves around as you crop,
which takes some getting used to, but it actually makes it easier to
visualise your final composition. You can choose from crop Presets
as before, or determine your own, as well as work without constraints.
You can choose from a range of views too, which overlay grids and rulers
to help you conform to compositional rules, such as Golden Spiral, Triangle or Rule of Thirds. These show when you start cropping by default, though you can turn them off.
The biggest change, however, is the fact that cropping is not non-destructive, as long as you untick the Delete Cropped Pixels box. You make your crop like usual and you can even leave the Crop tool. If you want to change the crop, reselect the Crop tool and click on your cropped image. You will now be able to see the areas you originally deleted once again, so you can re-crop the area.
Select the Crop tool and take a look at the Options bar at the top of the screen. Here you can choose to constrain the crop to a set or custom size, or leave it Unconstrained. You can also choose an overlay, which includes things like Rule of Thirds and Golden Ratio, which help you to create the perfect crop.
The most important option to look at, though, is the little checkbox for Delete Cropped Pixels. If this is ticked, then you will destructively crop your image as in previous versions. Untick this and you can go back in at any time to change the crop of your image using the pixels you had got rid of.
Finally, you can crop your image, which works slightly differently to before. Pull the handles in to where you want your crop box and the image will reposition in the new crop area, making it really intuitive to make good crops. Don’t underestimate this simple tool!
source:http://blog.advancedphotoshop.co.uk
The biggest change, however, is the fact that cropping is not non-destructive, as long as you untick the Delete Cropped Pixels box. You make your crop like usual and you can even leave the Crop tool. If you want to change the crop, reselect the Crop tool and click on your cropped image. You will now be able to see the areas you originally deleted once again, so you can re-crop the area.
Step 1: Set up the tool
Select the Crop tool and take a look at the Options bar at the top of the screen. Here you can choose to constrain the crop to a set or custom size, or leave it Unconstrained. You can also choose an overlay, which includes things like Rule of Thirds and Golden Ratio, which help you to create the perfect crop.
Step 2: Non-destructive edits
The most important option to look at, though, is the little checkbox for Delete Cropped Pixels. If this is ticked, then you will destructively crop your image as in previous versions. Untick this and you can go back in at any time to change the crop of your image using the pixels you had got rid of.
Step 3: Now crop
Finally, you can crop your image, which works slightly differently to before. Pull the handles in to where you want your crop box and the image will reposition in the new crop area, making it really intuitive to make good crops. Don’t underestimate this simple tool!
source:http://blog.advancedphotoshop.co.uk
I'm on the fence about this, while more customization is good, I have a feeling this is a "in-progress" update, it just feels incomplete and half-way there.
ReplyDeleteWe use badge layout for apps on design approvals (visual projects), so the image being displayed is important. Old layout "feels like" it had larger images,
maybe because the images were cropped more loosely so it's easier to tell which project it was at quick glance. Now the image is cropped closer, making it
harder to scan thru at quick glance. I find myself needing to click into the project more often than usual. Which makes the whole user experience less
efficient.
I have a couple suggestions that might make it work better:
1. Increase the height of the window the cover image is being displayed.
2. Let us to choose which image to be displayed as "cover" (like how Pinterest handles cover images of each board, was hoping for this for a long time)
3. Let us adjust which part of the image to show and how tight or loose the crop is (with a fixed window, let us move the image around and maybe enlarge or
shrink it to control what shows thru the window. Pinterest does a limited form of this, which is very useful in making the cover image relevant)
4. Allow Cover Image to be ordered in different hierarchy (currently every element can be ordered differently except the Cover Image, it seems to be stuck
in the 2nd spot, would like the option to set it on another spot in the layout. This one seems like an easy fix, since you guys allow that for every other
element already)