Graphics Programs Reference
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Grid . This puts a smaller grid over your image. You always see this smaller grid when
you rotate the crop box, as shown in Figure 3-8 , but if you haven't clicked this thumb-
nail, the overlay should return to the one you've chosen as soon as you release the mouse
button.
Cropping to an Exact Size
You don't have to eyeball things when using the Crop tool. You can enter any dimensions
you want in the Tool Options area's W (width) and H (height) boxes, or choose one of the
presets from the unlabeled Aspect Ratio menu above those boxes. This menu includes sever-
al standard photo sizes, like 4″ x 6″ and 8″ x 10″. It starts off set to No Restriction, which
means you can drag freely. The Use Photo Ratio option lets you crop your image by using
the same width/height proportions (the aspect ratio ) as the original. Figure 3-10 teaches you
a timesaver: how to quickly swap the width and height numbers.
Figure 3-10. To swap the crop box's width and height settings, just click these little arrows. If you
click them while there's a crop overlay visible in your image, then Elements swaps the overlay's di-
mensions, too.
WARNING
If you enter a number in the Tool Options area's Resolution box that's different from your
image's current resolution, the Crop tool resamples your image to match the new resolu-
tion. (Resolution is explained starting on Changing the Size of an Image .) Resampling ex-
plains what resampling is and why it's not always a good thing.
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