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[debbru]

if I choose File> New Document, then choose Photo beside Page Preset, can anyone explain what that does.

[toltec]

Photo gives you a range of Page Presets for typical photo sizes. Like 6 x 4.

Print gives you a range of typical page sizes. Like A4

Press Ready does the same as Print but they are CMYK.

and so on.

[debbru]

Can you crop an image to a specific size this way

 

[toltec]

 

1 hour ago, debbru said:

Can you crop an image to a specific size this way

 

Yes you can.

If you set the page size to something like 6 x 4 and Place (File > Place) an image in the page, you can then resize or reposition the photo inside the page. Any image outside the page area will not be output (although it is still there).

See the image bounding box. The image is being cropped to the 6 x 4 page size.

Note: You can't edit the image quite the same as it is an 'image' layer, not a 'pixel' layer. You will need to Rasterise it (Layer > Rasterise) which  will also permanently remove the parts of the image outside the page area.

 

[debbru]

Thank you for reply. Is there two way to crop, through a New Document & pick photo, by selecting the crop tool & going up to Custom Ratio