Comments In case you didn’t have time to watch yesterday’s video, here is a list of shortcuts when using the Crop tool in Photoshop CS6:
• “C” selects the Crop tool.
• “O” cycles through the different View overlays .
• “R” displays the Crop Image Size & Resolution dialog. Note: you must make an adjustment to the Crop marquee before tapping the “R” key, otherwise tapping the “R’ key will select the Rotate View tool.
• “H” hides the image area that is beyond (outside of) the Crop marquee.
• “X” exchanges the Crop marquee from horizontal to vertical and vice versa.
• “P” enables “Classic Mode” where the Crop marquee behaves as in previous versions: you move the Crop marquee, not the image under the Crop marquee. Note: you must make an adjustment to the Crop marquee before tapping the “P” key, otherwise tapping the “P’ key will select the Pen tool.
• “Escape” cancels the crop (you are no longer in the modal crop session).
I never knew about the “H” shortcut – this will really be useful for me as the visible portion beyond the crop marquee always used annoy me and i could never get the ideal crop. By the way, is there a way to ensure that the cropped image does not change resolution?
If you enter values in the Options bar (with the Crop tool selected), then you are only defining an aspect ratio so when you crop, the resolution of the file will not change.
The “H” shortcut is going to come in handy!
Is there a way to always have the resolution show at the top next to the crop dimensions?
No, there is not.
And is there a way for you to give us a true classic mode for the CS6 crop tool?
Are you working on this, or am I suck with the new inferior tool?
The “classic mode” for the new CS6 crop tool in NOT a real classic mode. The new tool is more complex and takes more steps to use, which takes more time. The new crop tool loses the beautiful simplicity and speed of the old crop tool.
Is “classic mode” from now on not going to be an actual classic mode and just a hybrid classic mode that you deem acceptable?
The new crop tool is unacceptable.
A REAL classic mode would have solved this, but you chose not to provide one. I’m back to using CS4 now.
The plugin that is offered did not fix the “classic mode”
Bif, I would suggest that you post your feedback to either of these two forums so that the product team will see them:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/lightroom
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family
juleianne
And if you think I’m the only one that thinks it is a nightmare, lust look at the forums below.
All I ask for is a REAL CLASSIC MODE with all the same behaviors of the previous versions crop too. The new tool is a nightmare to use. Looks good in a design lab maybe, but in real world use, where you are cropping hundreds of images, it slows down workflow BIGTIME.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1144982
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop_6_crop_tool
Could not agree more. This new crop tool is a mess. I used to be able to set the size AND resolution I wanted next to the dimensions. Now I have to go into IMAGE SIZE, where I find that the resolution size that I just sent is gone, has to be re-entered. Additionally, it seems to add a layer now, which later has to be flattened, which it didn’t before. I just edited a batch of 200 images and this probably added an hour or more to my time. Just awful.
Hint Adobe… IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT.
I would also love for the resolution option in the menu to be available. At work I crop to a certain size and I dont want interpolation I want the resolution to change with the new crop size. I used to just leave the resolution box blank and it would do this. Now I have to bring up the menu to change the resolution.
I AGREE! This new crop in CS6 in HORRIBLE. Quit making these programs for sleekness and make them for us professional photographers who process hundreds of DIFFERENT images and have to crop EACH one by hand. This new CRAP just makes MORE TIME CONSUMING WORK!!!!!!!!! I am so disgusted, especially after the cost.
How can an upgrade of a program make such changes that means the software is less productive. We have now reverted to using our old version of CS3 as cropping things is much quicker and increases our work flow. The option to revert to original style is pointless and does not revert back to the original format.
Please resolve as I guess it must have left a bad taste in the mouths of people who have invested in your new software only to find a fundamental tool has been change to make you less productive.
Also there was no mention that this tool had changed so dramatically in the spec of the software. It feels like someone was just making it look like they are worth the money you paying them for programming by making a new nerd toy of an already good/easy to use tool.
Hi James,
Thanks for your feedback. Please visit this page and read the most recent posts by Jeffrey Tranberry regarding the crop tool. feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/photoshop_6_crop_tool
I have just got the new cs6 and am also bitterly disappointed with the crop functionality ,
I’m a professional photographer and make alot of storyboards with many many multiple images of varying sizes .
The classic mode needs to come back . It angers and frustrates me every time I open documents !!
I was looking forward to moving from cs4 to 6 and am greatly disapointed. The restrictions with the new crop tool make my life a nightmare. Worked with Photoshop since Photoshop 2 and this upgrade dissapoints. I want my old crop tool back.