Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Four:
If you decide you want to return to the old way of rotating your crop (where the border
rotates, rather than your image), click on the Set Additional Crop Options icon (it looks
like a gear) in the Options Bar and turn on the Use Classic Mode checkbox (also known
as “old school” or “ancient cropping” by today's hipster croppers), and then you're back to
the old method. However, I really recommend giving this newer way a try—it takes a little
getting used to, but once you do, you'll really find it useful. While we're in this options
menu, when you're not in Classic mode, you have two options available here: (1) to turn
off having your crop centered automatically (it's on by default), and we'll talk about the
next one on the next page (it's a little more involved).
Step Five:
That other option (2) is more powerful than it sounds, because it pretty much brings one
of the most popular cropping features of Lightroom over here to Photoshop. In Lightroom,
it's called Lights Out cropping, and when you use this, it blacks out everything surrounding
