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I cant believe its not easy to "CROP" single layer?


compo

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I have looked everywhere and it seems I'm either a complete idiot or Photoshop is completely biased to deal8ing with single images and makes anything multiple image extremely complicated??

I'm designing a brochure and I have a background image and some text layers and other layers containing various pictures etc. that I arrange around the brochure etc.
I drag my image onto the canvas where I resize to suit my taste, so far so good!
Now what if there is a bit of the picture that I want to crop?
I CANT seem to crop the layer that the picture sits on without removing the rest of the canvas?

I have seen all kinds of info talking about inverting this, copying, that and deleting the copied?, resizing a layer to the pixel dimension etc. etc. etc. blah blah blah!!!

WHY can’t I just crop the image and have done with it? Rather than jumping through hoops!
eg, simplest thing in the world to do this in MS publisher or even word?

I must be thick??
But please help anyway!
 
As soon as you start dragging multiple objects/layers around and dropping onto a fresh canvas you are basically creating one layer on the new canvas. Resize the canvas that all the individual layers are on and edit each layer/object as you wish.
 
As soon as you start dragging multiple objects/layers around and dropping onto a fresh canvas you are basically creating one layer on the new canvas. Resize the canvas that all the individual layers are on and edit each layer/object as you wish.

Thank! But I understand about dragging round layers and resizing them.
The problems start when I try to CROP one of those layers.
I want to crop JUST that layer and leave everything else as it is?
I want the newly cropped layer to still be on the same canvas as all the others too so I can carry on moving it around and deciding where I want it to be etc etc etc?
Please open Publisher or Word and drop a few images on it. Then crop it! = nothing else on the page changes, disappears, moves or pops up in another box! You can then move your cropped image around the page. resize or do whatever and the rest of your document is still intact. How simple is that?
 
Use a Layer mask (If you're familiar with this) and edit the layer as you wish, use the Marquee tool to select the areas you want to to crop if they are blocks of that layer or use the pen tool if they are curved areas. Not sure where Publisher came in either lol

Post an image up if you'd like so we can see what you are trying to crop.
 
Compo,

I know exactly what you mean! I went through this issue awhile ago as well! There are several solutions.

One is to use the Rectangular Marquee tool, make a selection on the layer you wish to crop. Click on SELECT > INVERSE > DELETE.


Otherwise you will have to do as Chris said and use the Pen tool or a mask in order to define a certain area of an individual layer.

If an image that you import affects the overall size of the canvas your working on, use command + T (transform) the new image to size and then use the Crop tool to reset the canvas to the size you desire.

If we're not helping, please post some images to help us see what your experiencing.
 
If I understand the problem what's already been mentioned should work fine.
Mask out the unneeded area or select the area you want, invert it and delete it.

That's if you you want to Crop the image leaving the remainder of the image the same size.

If we're mixing up terms here and you're trying to reduce the size of one layer use Transform on that layer.
Make sure you lock proportions first.
 
Something you need to realize to adjust your thinking to Photoshop is that PS is primarily an image editing software, not text based like both Publisher and Word. I can't explain the technicality of these programs, but Microsoft didn't start out to be a photographer's or designer's tool. Either program has image tools designed to work within a text-oriented environment.
 
Just to repeat everyone else and to make myself feel like a big man doing so. You have your terminology wrong, Crop means change the whole image size regardless of how many layers or which layer you are on.

You want to mask, masking only effects that layer and from my understanding that is what you are trying to do. :)

ps Masking is the pro way of doing things in photoshop. :)
 
Just to repeat everyone else and to make myself feel like a big man doing so. You have your terminology wrong, Crop means change the whole image size regardless of how many layers or which layer you are on.

You want to mask, masking only effects that layer and from my understanding that is what you are trying to do. :)

ps Masking is the pro way of doing things in photoshop. :)

I am detecting slightly arsey tones here B :confused:
 
Lighten up dude, my apologies for slightly amusing myself at my own expense while trying to help the op, I will try not to amuse myself here again :)
 
Lighten up dude, my apologies for slightly amusing myself at my own expense while trying to help the op, I will try not to amuse myself here again :)

Amuse away my friend, I was a little taken back at first as I am sure others will be too. No harm done and believe me when I say - I couldn't get much lighter around here hehe. :bustagut: :naughty: :lol:
 


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