Nikon 4 Selecting a Crop, Cancelling the Current Crop, Moving the Crop, Saving a Selection

The Editor Window

Selecting a Crop

Using the crop tool, you can select a portion of an image to be saved in a separate file. If no selection is made, the entire image will be saved.

1 Click the button or select Crop Cursor from the View menu

When the mouse is moved over the image area in the active window, it will change to ( ).

2 Make a selection

Drag the mouse over the image in the active window to make a selection. The area out- side the selection will be masked to show that it will be cropped.

Cancelling the Current Crop

To cancel the current crop, double-click anywhere in the image window. The selection may not be cancelled if Keep the output size is selected in the Size/Resolution palette ( 79).

Moving the Crop

To move the crop over a different part of the image, move the pointer over the crop. The pointer will change to a (Windows) or cursor (Macintosh). Drag the crop to move it to a new position.

Changing the Size of the Crop

To change the size of the current crop, move the pointer over the borders of the crop. The pointer will change to a double arrow. Drag the borders of the crop to adjust its size. The size of the cropped image can be adjusted in the Size/Resolution palette ( 79).

Saving a Selection

Unless the image is saved in NEF format, only the selected portion of the image will be saved. Anything not included in the current crop will be deleted. In NEF format, the entire image is saved together with information about the location of the current crop.

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