Crop certain area then flip horizontally

[imagenry_b]

Hello,

I need help by cropping a certain area in the image then create a copy from it & flip horizontally.

which crop tool is suitable. because from the tools bar there are several utilities (Selection, Artboard, Cop tool, Frame). what should I use? & what each of those tools are suitable for?

I Attached my video below. 

[jane-e]

@imagenry_b 

There is only one crop tool and it will crop the entire document, not just a portion. I see two things in your fast-moving video.

• The layer is a Smart Object
  
  
  
• First you select the Crop tool, then without using it you switch to the Frame tool and create a frame instead.
  
  

Try this:

• Copy the Peramad layer and rasterize the copy
• Use the Rectangular Marquee tool and select the left half
• Ctrl+J to create a new layer from your selection. This will be the new left half. Name the layer.
• Ctrl+J to create a second new layer for the right half. Name the layer.
• Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal
• Move tool > Drag this layer to the right. Use the Shift key and drag
  OR
  use the right or left arrow keys for fine tuning
• Hide the original Peramad Smart Object layer

You can also do this by creating two copies and using a mask to hide half of each layer. You'll still need to Flip one layer. Select half and click the layer mask button in the Layers panel.

Post screen shots and ask questions if you need clarification.

Jane

[imagenry_b]

Thanks Jane-e so much appreciate.

Ok regarding the Marquee tool although I set my project to snap everything the Marquee tool are snaping in micro mode. I mean when I try to move the marquee on the edge of the image portion it cannot dedect that area instead detecting other ones? which might be light or heavy snaping.
Another thing is how can I make the Marquee tool standstill then pull it's edges just similar when we deal with shapes?
I attached a small video below.

[jane-e]

Hi @imagenry_b 

I think what you are saying is that you want to resize the marching ants made by the selection tool. If so:

• Select menu (not Edit menu)
• Transform Selection
• Drag the handles, then accept the transformation (checkmark in the options bar)

Note that Transform from the Edit menu transforms pixels, while Transform Selection from the Select menu transforms the selection. You want the Select menu > Transform Selection.

You might first add a guide to assist. Drag from the Rulers or insert from the View menu. The selection will snap to the guides.

Jane

[imagenry_b]

You note that "Transform from edit menu transforms pixels" is that mean it will result in lower quality after being rasterized? 

is this the case also with puppet & warp feature?

[jane-e]

With Puppet Warp, make a Smart Object first, so it's editable and not destructive.

In your case, you don't want to use the Edit menu at all. Use the Selection menu to transform the selection (marching ants).

[Conrad_C]

You are very close, you only need to change one thing.

Your video shows that you used the command Image > Image Rotation > Flip Canvas Horizontal. What happened is exactly what is expected: The entire canvas was flipped, meaning the entire document. That is because this command is under the Image menu. All Image menu commands affect the entire image.

There is a second flip command that you should use instead, because it does not flip the entire canvas, it flips the current selection only. Choose Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal, and then only the layer that is selected will flip.