3. Common Tasks
Depending on the image and your goals, you may be able to achieve the look you want with just a few steps. For example, cropping an image to give greater focus to the subject of the picture is a very simple process. So is removing red-eye, or converting an image to black and white. The tasks in this chapter are things that anyone can accomplish quickly in Photoshop.
Cropping an Image
Suppose you need to prepare an image for a picture frame that has different proportions from the original photo. Or perhaps you want to remove distracting background activity to direct the viewer’s focus to the main subject of your image. Cropping can help you achieve either of these goals and many others as well.
Cropping doesn’t resize the image—it ...
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