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1. With aftermath.psd open, choose the Crop tool in the Tools panel.
When you choose the Crop tool, a crop marquee appears around the edges of the
image. The marquee has eight handles, which you can drag to change the size of the
crop area.

Crop tool

Marquee handles
allow you to resize the
crop area before
finalizing the crop.

2. In the Options bar, make sure the Delete Cropped Pixels option is checked.
When this option is checked, areas outside the cropped areas are permanently Note:
removed from all layers in the file. If this option is not checked, cropped pixels remain
in the file, but exist outside the edges of the file canvas. The Background layer, if one You should familiarize
exists, is converted to a regular layer (you’ll learn more about Background layers later yourself with the most
in this project). common fraction-to-
decimal equivalents:
This is an important distinction — by maintaining cropped pixels, you can later
transform or reposition layers to reveal different parts of the layer within the newly 1/8 = 0.125
cropped canvas size. 1/4 = 0.25
3/8 = 0.375
3. Click the right-center handle of the crop marquee and drag left until the
cursor feedback shows W: 8.750 in. 1/2 = 0.5
When you drag certain elements in the document window, live cursor feedback (also 5/8 = 0.625
called “heads-up display”) shows information about the transformation. When dragging 3/4 = 0.75
a side crop marquee handle, for example, the feedback shows the new width of the area.
7/8 = 0.875
You might need to zoom into at least 66.7% or 100% view percentage to achieve the
exact dimensions needed for this project.

Click and drag the
marquee handle to
resize the marquee area.
Use the cursor feedback
to find the appropriate
measurement.

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