Or move it incrementally one pixel at a time in any direction using the
arrow keys.
Larry
>You definitely can reset the crop outline in Photoshop. Or alter it. Easily.
>
>In contrast with PSP, or some other programs, what you do in PS is:
>
>1 Use Marquee tool to draw box outline. It can also be a circle, etc.
>
>2.To add to the box, hold shift key down (don't have to) and redraw box,
>or just redraw the box. Curser defaults to "+", so the default is to add
>to the box. If you want to subtract in any way from the box, hold shift
>and Option key down (at least on the Mac). Box will redraw to smaller box.
>If you hold down just the Option key when redrawing the marquee outline,
>the curser shows a "-" (minus), meaning that wnen you crop, the contents
>of that outline will be deleted from the image, leaving you with a "frame"
>section of the image. Option/Shift gets you a smaller box; the curser
>contains neither a "+", or "-".
>
>3. Alternately, to resize the marquee outline arbitrarily, any side,
>execute "transform selection" from the Select Menu. You have other choices
>as well to modify the marquee outline, such precise grow/shrink.
>
>4. After selecting "Transform Selection", you have handles at corners to
>rotate, pull/push, you can grab any side to pull/push, and in general do
>anything you want to modify the marquee outline. Extremely userful when
>attempting to "level" an image with the horizon. When done, push enter
>
>5. And, you can go back to any stage at any time to redo (if not saved and
>reopened) by looking over the "history".. (That is something I would like
>PS to incorporate - saved history - but it would significantly increase
>the size of the file)
>
>Nope. Photoshop didn't leave anything out. And you can do anything of the
>above in 8 or 16 bit mode, plus use the marquee outlines in a variety of
>other ways, such as have more than one marquee; e.g. one box inside the
>other - for a cutout frame, for example, Or two independent marquees. Or
>the marquee outline can become a mask, which can be saved. On and on.
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