How to crop and straighten photos

From the toolbar, select the Crop Tool . Crop borders display on the edges of the photo.

Draw a new cropping area or drag the corner and edge handles to specify the crop boundaries in your photo.

(Optional) Specify the Crop options using the Control bar.

Choose a ratio or size for the crop box. You can also choose a preset, enter your own, or even define your own preset values for later use.

Choose a view to display overlay guides while cropping. Guides such as Rule of Thirds, Grid, and Golden Ratio are available. To cycle through all the options, press O.

Click the Settings (gear) menu to specify additional crop options.

Enable this option if you want to use the Crop tool like it was in previous versions of Photoshop (CS5 and earlier).

Enable this option to place the preview in the center of the canvas.

Enable this option to display the area that is cropped. If this option is disabled, only the final area is previewed.

Use the crop shield to overlay the cropped areas with a tint. You can specify a color and opacity. If you Enable Auto Adjust Opacity, the opacity is reduced when you edit the crop boundaries.

Disable this option to apply a non-destructive crop and retain pixels outside the crop boundaries. Non-destructive cropping does not remove any pixels. You can later click the image to see areas outside current crop borders.

Enable this option to delete any pixels that are outside the crop area. These pixels are lost and are not available for future adjustments.

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to crop the photo.

From the toolbar, select the Crop Tool (). Crop borders display on the edges of the photo.

In the Options bar, select Content-Aware. The default Crop rectangle expands to include the whole image.

Using the handles around the image, straighten or rotate it. Alternatively, expand the canvas beyond the original size of the image.

When you are satisfied with the results, click the tick icon in the Options bar to commit the crop operation. Photoshop intelligently fills in the white/gap areas in the image.

To straighten a photo, do one of the following:

• Place the pointer a little outside the corner handles and drag to rotate the image. A grid displays inside the crop box and the image rotates behind it.
  

• Click Straighten in the control bar and then using the Straighten tool, draw a reference line to straighten the photo. For example, draw a line along the horizon or an edge to straighten the image along it.

To correct image perspective, hold down the Crop tool and select the Perspective Crop tool .

Draw a marquee around the distorted object. Match the edges of the marquee to the rectangular edges of the object.

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to complete the perspective crop.

From the toolbar, select the Crop Tool . Crop borders display on the edges of the image.

Drag the crop handles outwards to enlarge the canvas. Use the Alt/Option modifier key to enlarge from all sides.

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) to confirm the action.