Cropping an image

[Dazzer_21]

If I import an image onto the stage and want to crop it (not resize or distort), how do I do that exactly - I don't want to be having to be to-ing and fro-ing to Photoshop in order to get the image to show in the position at the crop I want it at.

[marjantrajkovski]

You can just temporary edit bitmap image on stage. Exported image will preserve original imported look. 1. Select image on stage, Ctrl+B, select and clear parts of image. 2. Right click on image on stage, Break Apart, select and clear parts of image. 3. Select image on stage, Modify, Break Apart, select and clear parts of image.

[rosebudd]

Mask it. Then you won't see the parts you would have liked to crop but don't feel like it.

[kglad]

you should crop it in ps.

that said, you can crop it in animate by converting it to a vector (modify>bitmap>trace bitmap) and then selecting the regions you want to remove and using the backspace key.

[ClayUUID · Accepted solution]

If you crop it in Animate, via masking or bitmap fill, the full bitmap will still be included, wasting bandwidth when the page is downloaded.

[Dazzer_21]

Bottom line, I guess then, is no. That's a trick missed! Photoshop it is.

[Nicktendo28]

Yeah, there is no real way to crop a photo in Adobe Animate. There are some tricks, but your best bet is to size and crop it in photoshop then import it into Adobe Animate. I mean you can turn it to a bitmap trace and cut it up or mask it but that will weigh down your project with extra hidden mb's you don't need. Hope that helps.

[Colin Holgate]

The mask or break apart things would give you what you want to see, but as ClayUUID says, the full image would still be in the file.

There are many feature requests in for better bitmap support in Animate. Maybe one day it will not need Photoshop.