Cropping Based on Opaque Areas

Use this feature to eliminate transparent areas at image edges. The Crop tool can automatically set the crop area to cover just the opaque (non-transparent) area of a single layer or an entire image.

Note: Opaque areas that are not rectangular, may have transparent areas remaining after cropping.

To crop to the opaque area of a layer or image:

  1. Click the Crop tool .

  2. On the Tool Options palette, select an option from the Snap crop rectangle to group box:

  3. Layer Opaque Selects opaque areas of the current layer.

  4. Merged Opaque Selects opaque area of all layers.

Note: If any layer or the background has a solid color (non-transparent) background, the entire layer or image is selected as the crop area.

  1. Adjust the crop area as needed.

  2. When you're ready to crop the image, double click the image, or click Apply in the Tool Options palette.

Related Topics

Cropping Images

Cropping with a Selection

Resizing Images