Using the crop tool in PS 22.1.1 without permanently deleting the pixels?

[caligula1]

Hello, I have a question about the crop tool which seems to have changed a little since the previous version of ps. I wish to crop an image, but don't want to make the crop permanent and be able to go back to the uncropped image at anytime, if I come to not like the crop in the future. In other words I don't want to loose the cropped pixels permanently. I'm not seeing how to do that in PS22.1.1?  knew there was some box you could check in the previous version of photoshop that wouldn't permanently delete the pixels.  How do I preserve the pixels when cropping in PS22.1.1?

Could someone post a screenshot of what should be checked in PS22.1.1 to preserve the cropped pixels in case I want to revert back to the uncropped version. I don't want to use the history brush or take a layer comp, because I don't want to loose any work I do on the image after I crop it, just want to retain the option to go back to the uncropped image size. Thanks.

[jane-e]

There is a checkbox in the options bar for the Crop tool. The default is to delete cropped pixels. Uncheck the option.

~ Jane

[caligula1]

Jane, This is what I see when I start cropping an image before I commit it. Hovering over the check mark it says 'Commit current crop operation', nothing about 'Delete Cropped Pixel'.

[caligula1]

I didn't mean to mark this as the correct answer. I still have the question. I haven't been on Adobe foruns in a long time and saw a check mark next to correct answer that I didn't check. I clicked on it hoping to uncheck it, but instead that committed it as the 'correct answer'. Adobe forums used to let you edit your posts, check and uncheck things if you made a mistake but that is no longer the case. I'm hoping someone will still help me with my problem even though the post was accidentally marked as correct.

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Hi @caligula1 

Go to Prefs > Workspace > uncheck Enable Narrow Options Bar and restart Photoshop OR use the small (narrow) button highlighted below. It's enabled in your screenshot.

I've unchecked the other as the correct answer for you. I agree with you that it was not correct. 😊

~ Jane

[caligula1]

Thanks Jane. Unchecking 'Enable Narrow Options Bar' worked!

[Nancy OShea]

Or use Ctrl/Cmd + Z to Undo.

[caligula1]

Nancy O'Shea. I don't want to use command Z to undo because that has to be done immediately after doing the crop. I want to make a crop which I may like for the time being, continue to work on the image but have the option to remove the crop much later on if decide I don't like the crop after all. I probably would have done a lot of work on the image after the initial crop so may not want to loose that work, just the crop I did earlier.  I hope that makes sense.