

Golden Ratio overlay for the Elements Crop ToolĬycling through the different overlays gives you an idea of All these are available in Expert edit mode in the Tool Options panel at the bottom of the screen. Elements 13 also provides crop suggestion icons. Starting in version 11, the Crop tool in Elements also has overlay options for the Rule of Thirds, a Grid, the Golden Ratio (a combination of the Golden Section and the Golden Spiral found in Photoshop and Lightroom), and no lines at all. From the Tool Overlay drop-down list in the toolbar below the image, you can also choose to automatically, always or never show the lines. Pressing the letter "o" displays each one in turn.


Lightroom's print proportions overlay for the Crop Tool For example, referring to the 4x5 overlay line will help you crop for an 8x10 inch print. Want to crop to fit a particular frame size. Lightroom includes one additional overlay option that displays threeĬommon print proportions: 2x3, 5x7 and 4x5. In Lightroom, the Crop tool in the Develop module has the same overlay choices as Photoshop. Or you can press the letter "o" keyboard shortcut to see the different choices. The small "grid" icon in the options bar. You can cycle through these different choices by selecting them from Then you have six different styles of overlay patterns to choose from: To see the overlay, you must use the handles to change the cropping frame to something smaller than the entire photo. In earlier versions of Photoshop, you first need to click and drag a rectangle around your photo to see the handles. When you select the Crop Tool in Photoshop CC, a border with "handles" appears around the whole image automatically. Photoshop's Crop Tool showing the Rule of Thirds overlay And the tool comes with some overlay options to help you with the design of your images. Adobe includes a crop tool in all its photo editing programs. It can also change a horizontal picture to a vertical one (and vice versa) or turn a rectangular image into a square or panoramic format. Cropping a picture can strengthen the composition and eliminate distractions. Cropping is probably the most fundamental photo editing step anyone can make.
