Given a square image, how can I crop, at the exact center, of the image?
What if the image is not square itself?
What if I'm using Photoshop CS6 or some older version?
Is the procedure the same?
If your image is not square:
- Choose
View > New Guidethen tick theVerticaloption and enter50%in the box and clickOK. - Choose
View > New Guidethen tick theHorizontaloption and enter50%in the box and clickOK.
This provides a guide intersection at the image center.
- Grab the Marquee Selection Tool or the Crop Tool, hold down the Option/Alt and Shift key and click-drag starting at that center guide intersection.
This draws a square selection (crop area) at the center of the image.
- Then simply choose
Image > Crop, or hit the Enter to commit the crop (if using the crop tool)
If the image itself is square...
- Choose
Select > Allfrom the menu. - Then choose
Select > Modify > Contract - Tick the
Apply effect from Canvas Boundsbox and enter the amount of offset, from the canvas edge, you want and clickOK. - Then simply choose
Image > Crop
For versions of Photoshop where "contract" may not be available after selecting all, use the first method.
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I cannot choose Contract when everything is selected. In any case, thanks for your help. I just find a bit crazy that this apparently simple operation must be such a pain... – Pippo Jan 2 '15 at 20:45
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1You must be using an older version of Photoshop... Again, more info in the question is never a bad thing. :) – Scott Jan 2 '15 at 20:45
A simple method that works in all programs is to add another layer, and create a line from the upper left to the lower right corners, and the same for upper right to lower left. You can then select all, scale selection, and line it up on these lines. This will crop to the same aspect ratio, with a different overall size.
Like this:
While hardly being an elegant solution, it has the advantage of working on any platform.
