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The basic Rotate/Crop tool provides controls to adjust the rotation, the crop values, the orientation, and the DPI (Dots Per Inch) of the image. For more information about rotation and crop settings, see the Understanding Basic Image Editing Tools topic.

To set the crop and rotation options:

1. | From the Tools menu, click Basic.

2. | In the drop-down menu, click Rotate - Crop.

3. | To adjust the rotation of the image:

o | Open the Rotation drop-down menu.

o | Click either None, 90 CW (clockwise), 180, 90 CCW (counter-clockwise).

1. | To straighten an image by specifying a custom rotation angle:

o | In the Straightening field, type a value between -45 and 45. Negative values rotate the image counter-clockwise; positive values rotate the image clockwise.

o | To remove the custom straightening angle, click Straightening 0.

1. | To adjust the crop value of the image:

o | Click the Crop to check box to turn on cropping.

o | Open the Crop to drop-down menu and click one of the pre-defined values

o | Or click Custom to set the crop area manually.

1. | To adjust the orientation of the crop area:

o | Open the Orientation drop-down menu and click landscape to set the crop area in a horizontal orientation or portrait to set the crop area in a vertical orientation.

1. | To maintain the aspect ratio and maximize image size for the specified crop:

o | Click the Lock aspect ratio check box. If you adjust the crop frame by hand, the vertical and horizontal sides of the crop frame will adjust simultaneously to maintain the crop aspect ratio.

o | Click Fit to maximize the image size while preserving the crop size and aspect ratio. Note that the DPI value changes to preserve the image size for the specified crop size.

1. | To adjust the DPI of the image:

o | In the DPI field, enter a value to set the dots per inch for the image.

OR:

To crop an image:

1. | Open the image (or group of images) that your want to crop.

2. | Click the thumbnail of the image you want to crop.

3. | On the toolbar, click the crop tool.

4. | Place the cursor over the image, hold the mouse key down, and then drag the cursor across the image to define the crop area.

5. | Release the mouse key to set the crop area.

To adjust the crop area:

1. | Click the thumbnail of an image that has been cropped.

2. | On the toolbar, click the crop tool.

3. | Place the cursor over a side of the crop rectrangle so that the cursor shape changes to left-right (or up-down) arrows.

4. | Hold the mouse key down and drag the side of the crop rectangle to a new position.

5. | Release the mouse key to set the new crop area.

Rotation and Orinetation

To adjust the orientation of an image:

1. | Click the thumbnail for the image whose orientation you want to adjust.

2. | From the Edit menu, click Rotation.

3. | In the drop-down menu, click the rotation angle and direction that you want to apply to the image.

To remove rotation settings from an image:

1. | Click the thumbnail for the image whose rotation settings you want to remove.

2. | From the Edit menu, click Rotation.

3. | In the drop-down menu, click None.

Related Topics

Understanding Basic Image Editing Tools

Understanding Advanced Image Editing Tools