The
canvas size is the full editable area of an image. The Canvas Size
command lets you increase or decrease an image’s canvas size. Increasing
the canvas size adds space around an existing image. Decreasing
an image’s canvas size crops into the image. If you increase
the canvas size of an image with a transparent background, the added
canvas is transparent. If the image doesn’t have a transparent background,
there are several options for determining the color of the added
canvas.
Choose Image > Canvas Size.
Do one of the following:
Enter the dimensions for the canvas in
the Width and Height boxes. Choose the units of measurement you
want from the pop‑up menus next to the Width and Height boxes.
Select Relative, and enter the amount you want to
add or subtract from the image’s current canvas size. Enter a positive
number to add to the canvas, and enter a negative number to subtract
from the canvas.
For
Anchor, click a square to indicate where to position the existing
image on the new canvas.
Choose an option from the Canvas Extension Color menu:
Foreground to fill the new canvas with
the current foreground color
Background to fill the new canvas with the current
background color
White, Black, or Gray to fill the new canvas with
that color
Other to select a new canvas color using the Color
Picker
Note: You can also click the white square to the right
of the Canvas Extension Color menu to open the Color Picker.
The Canvas Extension Color menu isn’t available if an image
doesn’t contain a background layer.
Click OK.
Original canvas, and canvas added to right side of image using
the foreground color
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pamsaint
said on
May 9, 2008
at
10:15 AM :
When the image is cropped by desizing the canvas size, is the image resampled? Is the crop taken evenly around the outside of the image?
Original canvas, and canvas added to right side of image using the foreground color
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