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The Crop Tool is used to crop or clip an image or layer. This tool
is often used to remove borders, or to eliminate unwanted areas to
provide you with a more focused working area. It is also useful
if you need a specific image size that does not match the original
dimensions of your image.
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To use the tool, click inside the image and drag out a rectangular
region before releasing the mouse button. When you click, a dialog
pops up showing you the dimensions of the crop region, and allowing
you to perform various actions. If you want to alter the crop region,
you can do so either by clicking and dragging on the corners, or by
changing the values in the dialog. When you are ready, you can
complete the operation either by clicking inside the crop region,
or by pressing the Crop or Resize buttons on the dialog. (See below
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If you find that the dialog gets in your way more than it helps you,
you can prevent it from appearing by holding down the <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>
key when you first click on the image. Working this way means altering
the crop region by dragging the corners, and executing the operation
by clicking inside the image.
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The Crop Tool can be called way the following
way, from the image-menu:
<span class="guimenu">Tools</span>-><span class="guisubmenu">Transform Tools</span>-><span class="guimenuitem">Crop and Resize</span>.
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The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
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<span class="term">Shortcut</span>
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The
<span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">c</b></span>
shortcut will change the active tool to the Crop Tool.
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<b class="keycap">Ctrl</b>
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Holding <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> will switch the Crop Tool mode
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The available tool options for Crop can be accessed by
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The Tool Toggle for the Crop Tool alternates between
<span class="guilabel">Crop mode</span> and <span class="guilabel">Resize
mode</span>.
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Crop Mode is the standard mode of operation for the Crop Tool.
Cropping an image or layer will change a layer by eliminating
everything outside the cropping area. The cropping area can be
set by either dragging the tool to form a rectangle area or
manually setting the origin, width, and height. Cropping areas
can also be set based on an existing selection or by using the
Auto Shrink button. These options are available within the Crop
And Resize Information dialog which is shown when the Crop Tool
is clicked on an image or layer.
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If you are cropping an image (not just a layer), then Resize
Mode changes the shape of the image without altering the size
or shape of the layers it contains. This may leave parts of
some layers extending beyond the edges of the image, where you
cannot see them, but if you move the layers, you will see that
the contents still exist. If you are cropping a layer, Resize
Mode does the same thing as crop mode.
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You can also switch to Resize mode in two other ways: first, by
using the Resize button on the dialog instead of the Crop button;
second, by holding down the <span><b class="keycap">Ctrl</b></span> key while you
click inside the crop region to complete the operation.
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This option will make the crop or resize affect only the active
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<span class="term">Allow Enlarging</span>
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This option allows the crop or resize to take place outside the image
or layer boundary.
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<span class="term">Origin</span>
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<dd>
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The Origin selectors allow the manual setting of the top left corner
of the cropping region. The units may also be chosen.
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<span class="term">Width/Height</span>
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The Width and Height selectors allow the manual setting of both the
width and the height of the cropping area. The units may also be
chosen.
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<span class="term">From Selection</span>
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This button will resize the cropping area to encompass all active
selections contained within the image.
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The Auto Shrink button will attempt to locate a border from which to
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