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In Designer is it possible to crop a pixel object?


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One of my frequent tasks is creating user interface mockups. It is very common for me to start with a bitmap image, and use a few pieces to make something else. 

For example say I grab the Edit controls above this post, and paste into Designer:

image.thumb.png.ffbcf0cf13f4b5c26b72a325925b7e49.png

Now I want to grab a couple of the icons in that image, and turn them into objects that I can easily move around:

 image.thumb.png.4999fa2b6c686e1e55cb57fbb197f107.png

There are many ways to accomplish this... for example I did partial screen grabs and pasted the new images into the document. I have also seen suggestions to use masks and export slices in Designer. But those threads were pretty old now... Is there a faster way to get a destructive crop, or copy/paste part of an image, all inside Designer?

I know I can use Photos for any kind of pixel operations, but the vector nature of Designer, and better text controls, are a big benefit for this kind of work. 

 

 

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You could make a  pixel selection, copy it (Ctrl-C), and use FIle > New from Clipboard. Or, after copying, you could paste into another document you have open in Designer.

Or you could use the Vector Crop Tool, which basically applies a mask to hide everything you cropped out.

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  1. Open a screenshot like the above shown in AD (use open not placing)
  2. Change to the Pixel persona
  3. Use a rect selection copy/paste
  4. Dismiss the selection Cmd-/Ctrl-D
  5. Move the selected portion (see it's new pixel layer) where you want

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