Picture Perfect pt III
You don’t need to show it all….
One of my favourite features of iPhoto, which I don’t see people using very often is the crop feature. Cropping means taking away areas you don’t want in a photo. Let’s get right to it:
This great shot was taken on a Greek Island. I would love to takeout the person, the sunbeds and the parasols in the bottom of the picture. Time for a crop….
Click on Edit, underneath the photo. Then click “crop”. A floating window should now come up, allowing you to choose the size. You can choose whatever size you want.
You can see I chose the Original size. What this means, it will keep my photo in proportion to the original photo, as I crop areas away. You have many choices, and each one allows you to crop to a specific dimension. To crop your photo, go to one of the corners of the white square that has appeared on top of your photo. Using these corners, you can choose how much of your photo to crop. You can move the whole white square by clicking inside it anywhere and dragging it to where you want it to go. Finally press “Apply” or just press enter.
The finished cropped picture. This is a great (but underused) way of getting rid of unwanted cars, people, clouds, lights or whatever has crept into your photo and needs to be removed.
