M. Wolfe Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I've inset and centred an image on a white canvass background, with the intent of outputting the entire canvass and having the image framed with white borders all around. I want though to crop the actual image a bit -- but when I select it and click on the crop tool, it wants to crop the canvass instead(!). How do I crop an image on a non-transparent background/canvas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Do you use Photo? The crop tool intentionally crops the canvas. To crop an image (layer inside document), just add a rectangular shape, fill in white, and nest to the masking position of that layer (hover over the layer thumbnail picture and drop it there). The use the move tool to adjust the size as needed. Use Snapping / pixel alignment. Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 You could try using a Rectangle as a Mask for the image. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.6 Affinity Designer 2.5.5 | Affinity Photo 2.5.5 | Affinity Publisher 2.5.5 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Wolfe Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 Many thanks. The rectangular mask probably the easiest and will retain image data best. I tried other workarounds -- but I also found that after cropping an image, copying and pasting or resizing eliminates the crop. Why? How do you make a crop permanent so that further modifications adjustments don't reset the crop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotMyFault Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 The video tutorial might help: Quote Mac mini M1 A2348 | Windows 10 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080 LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589 Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps. My posts focus on technical aspects and leave out most of social grease like „maybe“, „in my opinion“, „I might be wrong“ etc. just add copy/paste all these softeners from this signature to make reading more comfortable for you. Otherwise I’m a fine person which respects you and everyone and wants to be respected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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