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This is our second Photoshop tutorials post for the Beginners . Here we have listed very basic method to handle magic wand tool, crop tool , image using the Crop command and Trim command.

Magic wand tool (W) :

Lets you select a consistently colored area(for example, a red flower) with out Having to trace its outline.
You specify the color range, or tolerance, for the Magiz Wand tool’s selection.

To Use the Magic wand tool (W) :

1. Select the magic wand tool.
2. add a new selection
3. subtract from a selection
4. an area intersected by other selections.

Crop tool (C) :

Cropping simply means trimming away-unwanted parts of picture.

To crop an image using the crop tool : Select the crop tool.

If you want specify the size and resoulution of the crop, enter the values in the options bar, or click Front Image to enter thevalues of the current image.

Drag over the part of the you want to keep . When you release the mouse button, the crop marquee

Appears as a bounding box with handles at the corners and sides, and a cropping shield covers the cropped area.

Select the Shield option to show or hide the cropping shield. If you are transforming and cropping an oblique rectangular image, select Perspective.

To crop the image, press Enter.

To Crop an image using the crop command :

Select the part of the image you want to keep.
Menu > Image > Crop

To Crop an image using the Trim command :

Choose Image > Trim.

In the Trim dialog box, select an option:

Transparent Pixels to trim away transparency at the edges of the image, leaving the smallest image containing non-transparent pixels.

Top Left Pixel Color to remove an area the color of the upper left pixel from the image. Bottom Right Pixel Color to remove an area the color of the lower right pixel from the image.

Bottom Right Pixel Color to remove an aarea the color of the lower right pixel from the image.
Select one or more areas of the image to trim away: Top, Bottom, Left, or Right.

Tags: Tutorials for Beginners

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