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cropping just one layer in CS6?

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November 2, 2012
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I have multiple layers. I lock the other layers and turn them off (the "eye" is turned off).
I attempt to crop the ONE layer that's selected. All layers are cropped.

What am I doing wrong? I searched tutorials and didn't find this issue,
I did go through the tutorial with the new crop functions.

How to

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Correct answer Luanne Seymour

Hi Anita,

Here is an illustrated version of what R_Kelly is recommending:

In the example below I have a file with multiple layers. The top layer (hidden in this illustration) is too large and will cover up the other layers. It needs to be "cropped". The recommended way to crop that layer would be to make a layer mask. Click here for a some great tutorials about layers and layer masks. A quick and easy way to crop it would be to do the following steps.

Using one of the selection tools, create a selection that represents the shape you want for your layer. In this example, I used the rectangular marquee tool. Be sure you've targeted the correct layer when you make the selection.
Once the selection is made, choose Select > Inverse. This will select all the pixels outside of the original selection.
To remove the unwanted pixels, choose Edit > Clear. The layers below your newly cropped layer should be visible now.

I hope this helps,

Luanne

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Confusal

Known Participant

Hi, I just bought the program, so I'm literally brand new, but I can't seem to get your result. When I invert the selection, no matter what layer I've highlighted, it crops out both layers.

Is this no longer the way to do it?

Bootsuk

Known Participant

The answer was just whatI was looking for.

Thanks

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Joe_Walker-PLUO9I

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1. Make selection (Cmd+A if entire image)

2. Cmd+J

3. Turn off visibility of original layer and move above new layer

4. Select both layers and Cmd+E

This will create your crop and merge the name of your original layer. It sounds complicated but it's not, and fast when you've done it a few times.

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Skeeto

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Hi

I have had this challenge a few times too.

However I found a way to do it, assuming you have all other layers within the size of your canvas.

If you, like me, then import/paste a new layer with some thrash you dont need, but its way bigger than your canvas.

You can either move your big layer around and bit by bit delete the unwanted pixels, but you dont want to do this.

Instead do this:

1) Make sure what you need from the larger-than-canvas-layer is inside your canvas

2) Select all (your whole canvas)

3) Use the crop tool (only it's a "zero-crop" in respect of your canvas size)

4) larger-than-canvas-layer is now same size as your canvas and unwanted thrash is gone.

Skeeto

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nextseason

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I know this is years old, but I was just looking for an answer to this and found this thread... what I ended up doing was just shift-dragging my enormous layer onto another document that is the same size.... then I cropped it there with the regular crop tool then shift-dragged it back to my original document. Let's you crop a single layer to your document size without having to crop anything else.

Luanne SeymourCorrect answer

Adobe Employee

Hi Anita,

Here is an illustrated version of what R_Kelly is recommending:

In the example below I have a file with multiple layers. The top layer (hidden in this illustration) is too large and will cover up the other layers. It needs to be "cropped". The recommended way to crop that layer would be to make a layer mask. Click here for a some great tutorials about layers and layer masks. A quick and easy way to crop it would be to do the following steps.

Using one of the selection tools, create a selection that represents the shape you want for your layer. In this example, I used the rectangular marquee tool. Be sure you've targeted the correct layer when you make the selection.
Once the selection is made, choose Select > Inverse. This will select all the pixels outside of the original selection.
To remove the unwanted pixels, choose Edit > Clear. The layers below your newly cropped layer should be visible now.

I hope this helps,

Luanne