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3. Click the right-center handle of the crop marquee and drag left until the
cursor feedback shows W: 8.750 in.
When you drag certain elements in the
document window, live cursor feedback
(also called “heads-up display”) shows
information about the transformation.
When dragging a side crop marquee handle,
for example, the feedback shows the new
width of the area.
Click and drag the Use the cursor feedback
You might need to zoom into at least marquee handle to to find the appropriate
50% view percentage to achieve the exact resize the crop area. measurement.
dimensions needed for this project.

4. Repeat Step 3 with the bottom-center handle until feedback shows the
area of H: 11.250 in.
Remember, the defined trim size is 8.5″ 1
11″ for this ad. Anything that runs to the
page edge has to incorporate a 0.125″ bleed
allowance, so the actual canvas size must
be large enough to accommodate the bleed
allowance on all edges:
[Width] 8.5″ + 0.125″ + 0.125″ = 8.75

[Height] 11″ + 0.125″ + 0.125″ = 11.25

5. Zoom out until you can see the entire canvas in the document window. Note:

6. Click inside the crop area and drag to reposition the image so that it is You should familiarize
approximately centered in the crop area. yourself with the most
When you change the size of the marquee, the area outside the marquee is “shielded” by common fraction-to-
a darkened overlay so you can get an idea of what will remain after you finalize the crop. decimal equivalents:
You can drag the image inside the crop area to change the portion that will remain 1/8 = 0.125
in the cropped image. By default, the crop area remains centered in the document 1/4 = 0.25
window; instead, the image moves behind the crop area.
3/8 = 0.375
1/2 = 0.5
5/8 = 0.625
3/4 = 0.75
Click and drag inside
the crop area to change 7/8 = 0.875
the portion of the
image inside the crop.

Note:
You can also use the
Arrow keys on your
keyboard to “nudge”
Areas outside the
crop marquee are the image in a specific
partially obscured. direction.

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