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Dec 27, 2011 - Cropping means removing part of the photo—literally cutting out a part of the photo you don't want in the picture. Let's take a look at an example. MacBook All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition By Mark L. Chambers In iPhoto on your MacBook, you can remove some of an image’s border by cropping an image.
You can crop a photo to mask parts of the image you don’t want.
If your camera was tilted when you took a photo, you can straighten the photo. You can also quickly rotate a photo 90 degrees, if, for example, it was meant to be viewed in portrait orientation but appears in landscape orientation on your device.
Whenever you edit a photo, you can always go back to the original version.
Crop or straighten a photo
- Select a photo and tap .
- Tap .
- To crop the photo, do one of the following:
- Set the photo to a standard aspect ratio (or size), such as 2 by 3 inches: Tap > Size.
- Customize the photo’s frame size and positioning: Drag the photo’s border to change the frame size, and drag the photo to reposition it within the frame.You can pinch with two fingers to zoom and adjust the photo inside the frame.
Tip: To constrain a photo’s aspect ratio while cropping, tap and drag from the photo’s corner. - To straighten the photo, do one of the following:
- Adjust the photo manually: Drag the dial or rotate the photo with two fingers.
- If iPhoto detects a horizon in your photo, straighten the photo automatically: Tap the arrow.
Tip: You can also use your device’s built-in gyroscope to rotate or straighten a photo: Tap the dial and tilt your iPhone or iPod touch.
Rotate a photo
Select a photo, then rotate the photo with two fingers.
If you’re using an editing tool, such as Crop, tap and then tap to stop using the tool, and then rotate the photo.