{"id":3427,"date":"2013-08-07T14:25:14","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T18:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2019-04-13T11:26:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T15:26:53","slug":"cropping-images-in-camera-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-editing\/cropping-images-in-camera-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Cropping Images In Adobe Camera Raw 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this tutorial, we'll learn how to crop photos non-destructively using <strong>Adobe Camera Raw<\/strong>. We'll be looking specifically at <strong>Camera Raw 8,<\/strong> part of the newly released <strong>Photoshop CC<\/strong> (Creative Cloud). Camera Raw 8 is also available as a free update for <strong>Photoshop CS6<\/strong> users, and while the CS6 version is missing some newer  features exclusive to Photoshop CC, the steps for cropping images in Camera Raw are the same regardless of which of these two versions of Photoshop you're using. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-pr2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 20px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-pr2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo editing top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-pr2\"     \n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4356542292\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>As we've learned in previous tutorials, one of Camera Raw's <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/camera-raw-vs-photoshop\/\">main advantages over Photoshop<\/a> is that it's a <em>parametric<\/em>-based image editor, as opposed to Photoshop which is a <em>pixel<\/em>-based editor. Photoshop makes permanent changes to the pixels in an image, while Camera Raw uses nothing but a series of instructions to display a live preview on your screen of what the image currently looks like based on those instructions.<\/p>\n<p>When we make changes to the image using any of Camera Raw's tools or panels, Camera Raw updates the instructions as well as the live preview. This makes working in Camera Raw both flexible and non-destructive because it gives us the freedom to go back and make any changes we want as often as we want without ever harming a single pixel in the original image. As we're about to see, this freedom and flexibility even extends to Camera Raw's <strong>Crop Tool<\/strong> so we never have to worry about losing any areas of the image we've cropped away.<\/p>\n<p>Where does cropping the image fit within a good editing workflow? Technically, you can crop your image at any time, especially in Camera Raw where everything we do is non-destructive. However, many people prefer to crop the photo as the first step, before worrying about setting the white balance, exposure, and so on. This way, as you're processing the image, you can focus on the area  you plan on keeping without any of the surrounding, unwanted area getting in the way.<\/p>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<p><!-- END PDF download --><\/p>\n<p>Let's start by opening an image. Here, I've used <strong>Adobe Bridge<\/strong> to navigate to a folder on my desktop containing a few photos. Each of these images was saved as a JPEG file, one of three file types that Camera Raw supports (Raw, JPEG and TIFF). I'll open the first one on the left in Camera Raw. To do that, I'll click on its image thumbnail once (in Bridge) to select and highlight it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/adobe-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Bridge CC. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"187\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the image on the left in Adobe Bridge.<\/div>\n<p>Then, with the image selected, I'll click  the <strong>Open in Camera Raw<\/strong> icon at the top of the Bridge interface:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/open-in-camera-raw.gif\" alt=\"The Open in Camera Raw icon in Adobe Bridge CC. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"417\" height=\"106\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Open in Camera Raw icon.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the  image inside the Camera Raw dialog box:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/camera-raw-8.jpg\" alt=\"A JPEG file open in Adobe Camera Raw 8. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"405\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Camera Raw dialog box.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Related Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/cs6-camera-raw-open-files\/\">How To Open Raw, JPEG and TIFF Files In Camera Raw<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Selecting The Crop Tool<\/h4>\n<p>To crop photos in Camera Raw, we use the <strong>Crop Tool<\/strong> which works in a similar way to Photoshop's own <a href=\"\/photo-editing\/crop-image-cs6\/\">Crop Tool<\/a>. There's a few ways to select the Crop Tool in Camera Raw. The quickest way is to simply press the letter <strong>C<\/strong> on your keyboard to select it with the shortcut.  Another is to click on the <strong>Crop Tool icon<\/strong> in the toolbar along the top left of the Camera Raw dialog box. However, I don't recommend either of these ways for selecting the Crop Tool, at least not initially, because you're missing out on some useful and important options. <\/p>\n<p>If you look in the bottom right corner of the Crop Tool icon, you'll see a small down-pointing arrow. This tells us that there are additional options available for the tool:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/crop-tool-icon.gif\" alt=\"The Crop Tool icon in the toolbar in Adobe Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"450\" height=\"124\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Crop Tool icon in the toolbar.<\/div>\n<p>Rather than simply clicking on the icon, click on it and continue holding your mouse button down for a second or so. This will open a menu displaying various options for the Crop Tool, including some handy preset aspect ratios at the top that we can choose from. At the very top of the menu is an option called <strong>Normal<\/strong> which is the default mode for the Crop Tool. I'll select it from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/crop-tool-menu.gif\" alt=\"The Crop Tool options in Adobe Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"308\" height=\"368\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click and hold on the Crop Tool icon to view its options.<\/div>\n<p>In Normal mode, we can freely crop the image any way we want. All we need to do is drag out an initial crop box, then resize and reshape it as needed. Click somewhere in the image to set a starting point for the crop box, then with your mouse button still held down, drag diagonally outward from that point. As you drag, you'll see your crop box appearing as a selection outline. When you release your mouse button, the actual crop box appears. The area outside the  box (the grayed out area) is what will be cropped away. The area on the inside is what you'll keep:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/initial-crop-border.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging out an initial cropping border in Adobe Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging out an initial cropping border.<\/div>\n<h4>Some Quick Tips<\/h4>\n<p>If you want to force your initial crop box into a perfect square, press and hold the <strong>Shift<\/strong> key on your keyboard as you're dragging. Make sure you release your mouse button first when you're done, <em>then<\/em> release the Shift key. Also, you can draw the crop box out from its center, rather than from a corner, by pressing and holding the <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key on your keyboard as you drag. Again, make sure you release your mouse button first when you're done, <em>then<\/em> release the Alt \/ Option key. To draw a perfect square from its center, press and hold <strong>Shift+Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Shift+Option<\/strong> (Mac) as you drag. Finally, you can reposition the crop box inside the image as you're drawing it by pressing and holding your <strong>Spacebar<\/strong>. Drag the crop box into position, then release your Spacebar and continue dragging:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/perfect-square.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing a crop box as a perfect square. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Drawing an initial crop box outward from its center as a perfect square.<\/div>\n<h4>Resizing The Crop Box<\/h4>\n<p>Once you've drawn your initial crop box, you can easily resize it by clicking and dragging any of the <strong>handles<\/strong> (the little squares) located around it. Since we're working in Normal mode, you'll find a handle in the top center, bottom center, left center and right center, as well as one in each of the four corners. Any or all of these handles can be used to resize and reshape it as needed:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/crop-handles.jpg\" alt=\"Click and drag any of the handles to resize the crop box. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click and drag any of the handles to resize the crop box.<\/div>\n<h4>Moving The Crop Box<\/h4>\n<p>As I mentioned, you can reposition the crop box as you're drawing it by pressing and holding your <strong>Spacebar<\/strong> as you drag, then releasing your Spacebar to continue drawing. You can also move the crop box around inside the image after you've drawn it. Just position your mouse cursor anywhere inside the crop box, then click and, with your mouse button held down, drag the crop box around with your mouse:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/move-crop-box.jpg\" alt=\"Moving the crop box inside the image in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking and dragging inside the crop box to reposition it.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<h4>Turning On The Overlay<\/h4>\n<p>If you need a little help with your composition, click and hold once again on the Crop Tool icon at the top of the Camera Raw dialog box. When the menu appears, choose <strong>Show Overlay<\/strong> from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/show-overlay.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Show Overlay option in Camera Raw 8. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"183\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting \"Show Overlay\" from the Crop Tool menu.<\/div>\n<p>Camera Raw will display a 3x3 grid inside the crop box, with the idea being that if you place your main subject at or near one of the spots where the grid lines intersect (as opposed to placing it in the dead center of the image), you'll add more interest to the photo. This common design trick is known as the <strong>Rule of Thirds<\/strong>, although it's definitely more of a general guideline than an actual rule and may or may not be useful with your specific image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/rule-of-thirds-grid.jpg\" alt=\"The 3x3 grid overlay for the Crop Tool in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Aligning the crop with the 3x3 grid.<\/div>\n<h4>Rotating The Crop Box<\/h4>\n<p>We can also rotate the crop box, either to straighten a crooked image or again simply to add more visual interest. To rotate it, position your mouse cursor anywhere outside the crop box. When you see your cursor change into a curved, double-sided arrow, click and with your mouse button still held down, drag your mouse to rotate it. If you have the <strong>Show Overlay<\/strong> option turned on in the Crop Tool's menu, Camera Raw will display a different grid as you're rotating, this one designed to help straighten a crooked image. Simply align the grid lines with something that should be straight, either vertically or horizontally. If you find the grid too distracting, you can turn it off by unchecking the Show Overlay option:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/rotate-grid.jpg\" alt=\"Rotating the crop box in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click and drag anywhere outside the crop box to rotate it. Use the grid to help straighten a crooked image.<\/div>\n<h4>Cropping To A Specific Aspect Ratio<\/h4>\n<p>What if you need to crop the image to a specific aspect ratio? The Crop Tool in Camera Raw gives us several aspect ratio presets to choose from. Just click and hold on the Crop Tool icon, then choose a preset from the menu. Some of the more popular ones, like 4x6 and 8x10, may not be immediately obvious. The 4x6 aspect ratio is listed as 2 to 3, while the 8x10 ratio shows up as 4 to 5:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/choose-aspect-ratio.gif\" alt=\"Choosing a preset aspect ratio for the Crop Tool in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"252\" height=\"204\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing a preset aspect ratio from the list.<\/div>\n<p>If you've already drawn your crop box, it will instantly snap to the newly chosen aspect ratio, and you can change aspect ratios at any time. Here I've chosen the 2 to 3 ratio. You'll notice, though, that when working with specific aspect ratios, the resizing handles on the top, bottom, left and right of the crop box disappear. Only the corner handles remain, and as you drag one of the corner handles to resize the box, the aspect ratio will remain locked in place:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/crop-box-aspect-ratio.jpg\" alt=\"The crop box is now set to a 4x6 aspect ratio. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">When cropping to a specific aspect ratio, only the corner handles are available for resizing.<\/div>\n<h4>Setting A Custom Aspect Ratio<\/h4>\n<p>If none of the preset aspect ratios are what you need, you can set your own by choosing <strong>Custom<\/strong> from the Crop Tool menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/choose-custom.gif\" alt=\"Choosing the Custom aspect ratio option for the Crop Tool. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"183\" height=\"166\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing the Custom aspect ratio option.<\/div>\n<p>This will pop open the Custom Crop dialog box where you can enter in your own custom aspect ratio. I'll enter something random like 3 to 5, just as an example. Click OK when you're done to accept it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/custom-crop-camera-raw.gif\" alt=\"Entering a custom aspect ratio for the Crop Tool in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"379\" height=\"144\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Entering my own custom aspect ratio.<\/div>\n<p>Again, if you've already drawn your crop box, it will instantly snap to the new ratio. One nice feature is that Camera Raw will remember your custom aspect ratio and add it to the Crop Tool's menu, so if you need to choose it on a regular basis, you'll be able to easily select it just like any of the other presets:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/custom-crop-3x5.gif\" alt=\"The custom aspect ratio is now an option in the Crop Tool menu. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"183\" height=\"167\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The custom aspect ratio is now listed as a preset in the Crop Tool menu.<\/div>\n<h4>Accepting The Crop<\/h4>\n<p>To accept the crop, you can either press the <strong>Enter<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Return<\/strong> (Mac) key on your keyboard, or you can <strong>double-click<\/strong> anywhere inside the crop box with your mouse:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/camera-raw-image-crop.jpg\" alt=\"The image has been cropped in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after cropping it.<\/div>\n<h4>Bringing Back The Crop Box<\/h4>\n<p>As I mentioned at the beginning of the tutorial, everything we do in Camera Raw is non-destructive, and that includes cropping the image. Even though we've accepted the crop and the unwanted area has disappeared from view in Camera Raw's preview area, nothing has actually been deleted. The entire original image, including the part that was cropped away, is still there, which means we can go back and change our crop at any time. To quickly bring back the crop box, as well as the area that was cropped away, simply select the Crop Tool once again, either by clicking the <strong>Crop Tool icon<\/strong> at the top of the dialog box or by pressing the letter <strong>C<\/strong> on your keyboard. The crop box, as well as the entire image, re-appears in the preview area so you can make whatever changes you need:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/restore-crop-box.jpg\" alt=\"The crop box and cropped image area reappear in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Select the Crop Tool again to edit your crop at any time.<\/div>\n<h4>Cancel The Crop<\/h4>\n<p>If you need to cancel the crop, you can either choose <strong>Clear Crop<\/strong> from the Crop Tool menu, or  press the <strong>Esc<\/strong> key on your keyboard. This will clear the crop box and restore the entire original image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/clear-crop.gif\" alt=\"The Clear Crop option for the Crop Tool in Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"183\" height=\"149\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing \"Clear Crop\" from the menu.<\/div>\n<h4>Closing Out Of Camera Raw<\/h4>\n<p>If you're done cropping the image and don't need to do any more work on it for now, click the <strong>Done<\/strong> button in the bottom right corner of the dialog box to accept your settings and close out of Camera Raw:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/camera-raw-done.gif\" alt=\"Clicking Done to close out of Camera Raw. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"350\" height=\"137\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the Done button.<\/div>\n<p>One last thing before we finish up this tutorial. I'm going to switch back over to Adobe Bridge for a moment so we can take another quick look at my image thumbnail. If we look in the top right corner, we can now see a small <strong>crop icon<\/strong>. This icon lets us know that the image has been cropped in Camera Raw (Bridge even updates the image thumbnail to show the cropped version of the photo). You can re-open the image in Camera Raw at any time and choose the Crop Tool to re-edit the crop, or even to cancel the crop entirely and restore the original photo:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-editing\/cs6\/camera-raw\/crop-photos\/bridge-crop-icon.jpg\" alt=\"Adobe Bridge showing the crop icon in the image thumbnail. Image &copy; 2013 Steve Patterson, Photoshop Essentials.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Camera Raw crop icon in Adobe Bridge.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>And there we have it! That's the essentials of cropping images non-destructively in Adobe Camera Raw 8, part of Photoshop CC and available as a free update for Photoshop CS6! 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