How to crop an image in Adobe Illustrator

In previous articles, Emergenceingames.com showed you how to change the default background color on Illustrator. In the following article, Emergenceingames.com will guide you on how to crop images in Adobe Illustrator.

1. How to Crop Photos in Adobe Illustrator

We can crop linked or embedded images in Illustrator. During the image cropping process, we can use the visual widget to work with the selected images. The Image Crop feature only works on the currently selected image. Also the linked image will be embedded right after we crop the image.

There are quite a few image cropping software that you can learn to choose from, using image cropping software will help you get the desired objects on your photos.

Note:

– The part of the image that has been cut will be permanently removed and cannot be restored.

– We cannot convert images during cropping. If you try to convert the image after you have selected the Crop Image option, Illustrator will exit the cropping interface.

Follow the steps below to crop an image in Adobe Illustrator:

Step 1: Choose File => Place and select the image you want to place, then click Place.

Step 2: Using tools Selection tool () to select the image you want to crop

Note: Illustrator calls the Selection tool by default when we select the Crop Image option. If any other tools are active, Illustrator will automatically switch to the Selection tool.

Step 3: Follow one of the operations below to crop the selected image

– Click select Crop Image on Control panel.

– Choose Object => Crop Image.

– Choose Crop Image from the menu.

Note:

If we have selected 2 or more objects, we cannot select the Crop Image option.

Step 4:If you’re working with a linked image, Illustrator will display a message saying that the linked files will be embedded after cropping. Click select OK to continue.

Step 5: Drag the widget corners and handle edges to define clipping boundaries.

Note:

For any image, the crop widget is a rectangular icon, in addition we cannot rotate the crop widget.

Step 6: Specify crop options using the Control panel.

Step 7: Do one of the following:

– Click select Apply on Control panel.

– Press Enter (on Windows) or Return (on Mac OS).

Note for Windows s64-bit and macOS:

– When the Crop Image option is selected to crop an image, Illustrator determines the visually meaningful parts of the selected image. The default crop box will display based on the defined section.

If desired, you can adjust the size of the crop box. After completing the process of choosing the location to crop the image, click Apply in the Properties window or press Enter (on Windows) or Return (on macOS) to crop the image.

– To disable, turn off this feature, we uncheck the option Enable Content Aware Defaults in Edit =>Preferences =>General on Windows or Illustrator CC =>Preferences =>General on macOS. By unchecking this option, the default Crop Image, Freeform gradient and Puppet Warp experience is also disabled.

To exit the cropping interface without applying any changes, you can do one of the following:

– Click select Cancel in Control panel.

– Press Escape key.

– Select any tool from the Tools panel, except the Zoom tool and the Hand tool.

2. Adjust photo crop widget

2.1 Resize

Do one of the following to resize the crop widget:

– Specify Height (height) and Width (width) values ​​in Control Panel.

– Drag the corner or edge of the handle.

– Press Shift key to scale the widget on 2 sides.

– Press Alt key to scale the widget in the middle.

– Use pinch-to-zoom gestures on touch screen devices.

Note: Illustrator Touch for Windows tablets does not support cropping.

2.1 Repositioning

Do one of the following to adjust the crop widget position:

– Click and drag to any position to crop the image.

– Press the arrow keys to move the crop widget.

– Press and hold Shift key also press the arrow keys to move the widget by 10 units (default) or as specified in your Preferences.

3. Crop options

We can specify the following options on the Control panel during cropping:

– PPI: Select the resolution for the cropped image from the available options. Also specify the image resolution in pixels per inch (ppi). If the resolution of the image is lower than the options available in the menu, the options will be disabled. The maximum value that we can enter should be equal to the resolution of the original image or 300 PPI.

– Reference Points: All transformations are done around a fixed point called reference point. By default, this point is located in the center of the crop widget that we convert. If we want we can change the reference point to another location using the reference point locator in the Control panel.

– X and Y dimensions: Coordinate values ​​of the selected reference point.

– Height and Width: Specify the size of the crop widget. If the Height and Width frames are linked, the values ​​will stay proportional when changed. Click on the icon () to remove and modify the width and height values ​​independently.

The above article Emergenceingames.com has just shown you how to crop images in Adobe Illustrator. In addition, readers can refer to some existing articles on Emergenceingames.com to learn about Illustrator’s Stroke and how to use it.

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