Keyboard shortcut
C
Hold down
shift ⇧ to draw or resize crop constrained.
Hold down
opt ⌥ to draw or resize crop from center.
Hold down
shift ⇧ to rotate crop every 15°
Use the Crop tool to remove portions of an image.
Select
Crop tool in the Tools palette.
- Draw the cropped area on the image.
- To move, scale, or rotate the crop area, drag the crop area or its handles.
- To complete the crop
- Press Return ↩
- Double-click in the image.
- Click the Crop button.
- To cancel Crop, press Escape ⎋ or click the Cancel button.
Tool Options
- The Constrain None option draws a crop without its original proportions.
- All others options constrains a crop within predefined its values.

You can enter custom width and height values to constrain the crop.
- Hide mode hides the part of the image outside the crop area.
- Delete mode deletes the part of the image outside the crop area.
You can use a selection as crop area:
- Draw selection using selection tools
- Click on context menu