Did you know that you can use the Crop tool to resize the canvas in Photoshop CS6?
In addition to Cropping images, and performing a Perspective Crop, you can also resize the image canvas using the new and improved Crop tools in Photoshop CS6.
Resizing the image canvas is probably one of the most frequent tasks you do in Photoshop. It’s fairly easy too, and works in all versions of Photoshop. Choose Image > Canvas Size ( or press Alt+Ctrl+C) and enter the new values.
Photoshop CS6 introduces one more method. And a fairly cool one, I think.
Resize canvas using the Crop tool
1. Choose the Crop tool. The Crop handles appear on the edges of the picture.
2. Drag the handles outwards to resize the canvas. (Press Alt/Option to resize from the center)
3. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to commit the changes.
#1 by backlord on July 26, 2012 - 1:41 am
wooow cs6 very good
#2 by Gary Grubb on October 4, 2012 - 2:32 am
I just purchased CS6. For some reason “Canvass Size” isn’t working the way it did in CS3. I always set it to “pixels”. If I were to add 10 pixels in both height and width I would then be able to select the color of the border I was adding to the image. In CS6 I have to change it from “inches” to “pixels” every time. I can then input the amount of pixel width and height I’m adding to the image… but it doesn’t allow me to select a color… and it adds the pixels only on the “width” and not the “height”. What do I need to change to make it work the way I am used to in CS3?
#3 by Pat Irwin on October 20, 2012 - 8:12 pm
@ Gary,
I was looking for the answer to the very same question as you. I have a client who frequently sends me dozens upon dozens of images for his website that need canvas size adjustment; as trivial as it seems, switching from inches to pixels is one more step in an already tedious process. What is inconsistent is on the “image size” selection, THAT defaults to pixels.
I think if you have a workspace which is obviously for image manipulation for web, then everything should default to pixels and not inches. Conversely, if the workspace is set for “Photography”, then have everything set to inches. Maybe a suggestion to Adobe is due, unless there’s some setting that is hiding on me…
#4 by Alex Jackson on October 31, 2012 - 5:37 am
I’ve been using this tool like crazy lately. I set it to “pixels” as well.
#5 by Corrie on May 10, 2013 - 8:24 am
@ Gary and @Pat
If you show the rulers, then change the measurement unit from Inches to Pixels, the next time you use the Canvas Size tool, it will default to pixel units as well.