1. Have your photo open.
2. Make a new BLANK file (File >> New..) with you desired dimensions, 8x10 in this case... make sure the DPI is the same as your photo.
3. in the new file fill the file with color (Black works best)
4. Copy the layer from the new file to your photo.
5. place where you want the crop to be made.
6. CTRL+Select the new layer
7. click Select >> Invert
8. click Image >> Crop
Let me know how it works out :)
At 12:17 PM 6/21/2003, you wrote:
Hi Gang......
There must be an easy way to do this.....
I have a digital file......
I open it in PS 5.5
This is a Head Shot
I want to crop out some of the extra area out of the photo but I want the what I leave in the file to be an exact 8x10.
Now I can use the marquee tool to crop and then go over to image size and see if I cropped it to the right scale.
Isn't there a way that shows as I use the marquee tool what is the size I am cropping to?
(yes I have the rulers on but it isn't an exact way to do it)
Also.......once I crop with the marquee tool. How in the world do I save the cropped image.
I keep trying to save it and I don't end up saving the cropped image.
Thanks
Russ R.E. Baker Photography rebphoto@pronetisp.net
Brian Blankenship
www.bngraphics.com
