Using cropping tools to adjust photos

Moving beyond the basics of cropping, there are various other tools inside the cropping menu and some more advanced overlays that can assist you as the editor in telling your story. In this section, we move past the mere mechanics into the optional tools to help you as an editor.

Overlays

There are various overlays available in the cropping function to assist in getting the right crop, and you have to know the theory behind them to figure out which and when to use one. In the following subsections, we will cover the basic types and theory for the three overlay options.

Important note

Now, these are just rules and theory, so do not take them as musts. If these rules do not work for you, of course, do your own thing.

The Overlay options are in the context toolbar, as shown in Figure 6.12:

Figure 6.12 – The Overlay options available in cropping

Let’s go through these options one by one.

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