Instructions on how to cut photos as you like in Photoshop

In this article, Software Tips will guide you how to crop images as you like in Photoshop.

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1. Crop the image perpendicular to your liking

Step 1: You proceed to open the image you want to cut and select the Crop tool (C key) to use.

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Step 2: Then, you proceed to Click on the anchor points on the image to select the part of the image you want to cut.

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If you want to cut to the common ratio such as: 1: 1 (square), 16: 9 (rectangle), . then you should set the ratio on the toolbar. By default, your cut will be proportional, you can only adjust the size, big and small.

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Step 3: After selecting the image area you need to cut, press Enter to Photoshop to cut the image.

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And here is our result after the image is cut.

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2. Cut images freely as you like

In Photoshop, besides cutting perpendicularly, you can also cut to your freehand stroke.

Step 1: Open the image you want to cut, then select the Lasso Tool (L) to use.

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Step 2: At this point, your mouse cursor has moved to the Lasso Tool icon .

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You press and hold the mouse button to move to select an area of ​​the image you want to crop.

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After selecting the image area, you release the mouse button so that Photoshop automatically selects the area.

Note: The end of the selection must be connected to the beginning of the selection into a closed loop.

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Step 3: After obtaining a selection to crop the image, press Ctrl + C (Copy) and click New Layer to create a new layer.

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Step 4: You proceed to select Layer 1 (the newly created layer) and press Ctrl + V (Paste) to paste the newly cut image.

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Step 5: Finally, you turn off the Eye of the Background Layer is done, you have cropped your image as you like.

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In this article, Software Tips showed you how to cut images as you like using Photoshop software. Good luck!