Crop and Straighten, Rotate, Flip

Crop and Straighten

1. Open Photoshop (From your Start Menu > Programs > Adobe CS2)

2. Open your image by going to the File menu and selecting Open.

3. Choose File and click Open

4. Make sure the Layers Palette is visible, if not go to Window > Layers

5. Copy your background using the keyboard shortcut CNTRL + J (Command J)

6. Click on the Crop Tool in the Tools Palette (keyboard shortcut is C)

7. Set the dimensions in the tool options bar, for Width type 3 in, for Height type 2 in

8. Draw a crop Marquee around the image, the area inside the crop mark will be left and the area outside will be discarded

9. Make sure the Perspective box is not checked

10. To straighten the image, move your cursor just outside the marquee near a corner. Your cursor icon will change to a double-pointing curved arrow indicating that you can rotate the marquee.

11. Rotate and move the marquee so that one edge follows a horizon line.

12. After you get that one edge aligned with the horizon, reposition all four edges to mark the exact crop area.

13. Press Return or Enter on your keyboard to crop the image.

Rotate & Flip

1. Using the cropped image, go to the Image Menu > Rotate Canvas > 180 degrees

2. go to the Image Menu > Rotate Canvas > 90 degrees CW

3. go to the Image Menu > Rotate Canvas > 90 CCW

4. go to the Image Menu > Rotate Canvas > Flip Vertical

5. go to the Image Menu > Rotate Canvas > Flip Horizontal

Add a border using the crop tool

1. First select the background color.

2. Next make a crop selection and

3. Drag the borders outside of the document area.

4. When you're happy with the selection press enter.

You will see a colored border added to your photo.

***REMEMBER YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACKWARDS ONE STEP WITH THE KEYBOARD SHORCUT CONTROL + Z or COMMAND + Z***

*If you finish with extra time you can try it with another image of your own or another from the blog