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# Crop Tool

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.

1. Draw the cropped area on the image.
2. To move, scale, or rotate the crop area, drag the crop area or its handles.
3. To complete the crop
   - Press Return ↩
   - Double-click in the image.
   - Click the Crop button.
4. 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:

1. Draw selection using selection tools
2. Click on context menu Crop

Related topics

- Tools palette