77 Chapter 12 Toolbar F3 - EditCropThe Crop Tool enables you to removeareas from the margins of your image orto change the aspect ratio of your image.The Crop Tool is not accessible whileworking within the Browser.After selecting this tool, draw arectangle by clicking on one cornerand dragging across your image. Thisrectangle represents the area of theimage that will be kept after croppingyour image. To adjust that area, click onany of the eight anchor points and dragthe rectangle to fit the area you wishto save. To remove the area outside therectangle, double-click anywhere insidethe rectangle or press Enter. To cancelthe crop, click once outside of the crop,or click the Esc key.Cropping an image will cause a stepto be added to the Edit List, enablingyou to remove the cropping effect atany point in the future. When saving asa NEF file format, you can remove thecropping effect at any point, even afterthe image has been saved and closed.Shortcut : C keyCrop Options DialogAt any point in the editing processyou can bring up the Crop Options tochange how the Crop Tool performs. Tobring up the Crop options, double-clickon the icon or right (Windows) orControl (Mac OS) click anywhere withinthe image after selecting the Crop Tool.CROP METHODFree CropThis crop method enables you to freelydraw a cropping rectangle.Fixed Aspect RatioThis method enables you to selectfrom one of the predetermined AspectRatios or a custom ratio in order to limitthe crop tool according to ratio youselected.
