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mistr200
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April 22, 2011
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Cropping Tool under image section grayed out. NEED HELP

  • April 22, 2011
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On photoshop cs5, I am having problems of the Crop tool being grayed out under the Image tab. Also the icon is hidden in the tools panel. Is anyone having this same problem in CS5?

    Correct answer

    For command crop in the image menu to work, you either need an active selection or

    have draw out the crop with the crop tool, but not have commited the crop.

    The crop tool in the toolbox is different from the crop command in the image menu.

    You could either use the crop tool in the toolbox to crop an image or make a selection

    with the Rectangular marquee tool and then use the crop command in the image menu.

    more info:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7636a.html

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    maddog4u
    maddog4u
    Participating Frequently
    September 29, 2011

    On the tools panel, you will note a VERY small black triangle on the next to the knife too (right bottom corner of button).

    It will expand a fly out, from which you can select the crop tool to be revelaed and active.

          

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      defaultf8ro33p6wte3
      Participant
      July 5, 2022

      Thank you! 

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      Anonymous
      Correct answer
      April 22, 2011

      For command crop in the image menu to work, you either need an active selection or

      have draw out the crop with the crop tool, but not have commited the crop.

      The crop tool in the toolbox is different from the crop command in the image menu.

      You could either use the crop tool in the toolbox to crop an image or make a selection

      with the Rectangular marquee tool and then use the crop command in the image menu.

      more info:

      http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7636a.html

      MTSTUNER

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        webtrekker
        Participating Frequently
        May 16, 2020

        Or ... simply Ctrl+LMB the image icon in the layers panel to select it, then select 'Image --> Crop' from the menu.

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