How to Crop Your Images
Find a program that will let you crop an image., Crop using a shortcut., Crop the long way.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Find a program that will let you crop an image.
It's impossible to just crop an image while on the internet; in order to successfully crop an image, you'll need to save the image onto your disk, open it using a picture-formatting or word processing program, and manipulate it there.
The following are programs that you can use to crop an image:
Preview Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Microsoft Word Many more -
Step 2: Crop using a shortcut.
You can crop the long way — going into a menu and finding the crop tool — or by pressing a couple buttons on your keyboard.
Note: the keyboard shortcuts for these following software programs are all different; there is no uniform crop command.
Shortcut for Preview: "command + k" Shortcut for Adobe Photoshop: "c" Shortcut for Adobe Illustrator: "Alt + c + o"
It's not the most ideal way of cropping, but it will get you where you need to be.
If a shortcut for the program you're using doesn't work, try cropping using the following methods:
Preview:
Click and drag the portion you want cropped, then navigate to Tools → Crop.
Adobe Photoshop:
Select the crop tool, click and drag the portion you want cropped, and press Enter/Return on the keyboard or Commit.
Adobe Illustrator:
Click and drag the portion you want cropped, then navigate to Object → Clipping Mask → Make.
Microsoft Word:
Select the picture you want cropped, click on the Crop tool in the Picture toolbar, and drag over the area you want cropped. -
Step 3: Crop the long way.
Detailed Guide
It's impossible to just crop an image while on the internet; in order to successfully crop an image, you'll need to save the image onto your disk, open it using a picture-formatting or word processing program, and manipulate it there.
The following are programs that you can use to crop an image:
Preview Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Microsoft Word Many more
You can crop the long way — going into a menu and finding the crop tool — or by pressing a couple buttons on your keyboard.
Note: the keyboard shortcuts for these following software programs are all different; there is no uniform crop command.
Shortcut for Preview: "command + k" Shortcut for Adobe Photoshop: "c" Shortcut for Adobe Illustrator: "Alt + c + o"
It's not the most ideal way of cropping, but it will get you where you need to be.
If a shortcut for the program you're using doesn't work, try cropping using the following methods:
Preview:
Click and drag the portion you want cropped, then navigate to Tools → Crop.
Adobe Photoshop:
Select the crop tool, click and drag the portion you want cropped, and press Enter/Return on the keyboard or Commit.
Adobe Illustrator:
Click and drag the portion you want cropped, then navigate to Object → Clipping Mask → Make.
Microsoft Word:
Select the picture you want cropped, click on the Crop tool in the Picture toolbar, and drag over the area you want cropped.
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