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1. Barbara B.,

May 18, 2010 1:00 PM in reply to bieco

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You haven't given us much to go by, here. What are you doing and what exactly does happen when you do it?

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2. bieco,

May 18, 2010 1:19 PM in reply to Barbara B.

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This is my first experience with the Forum and I am thrilled to receive your fast response, Barbara\

I click on the crop icon and drag the icon over the photo and the crop box does not appear .With my Dell scanner, the crop box appears immediately. Using Elements,( Version 3 ) the only way I can crop is to Select the photo and then keep clicking on the crop icon and sometimes a small crop box appears after what seems to me to be 10 minutes and other times, nothing appears. Generally, nothing appears. I give up and print the photos without cropping.

Thanks, Bieco

Can you help with this bit of information, Please?

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3. Dennis Smith,

May 18, 2010 1:50 PM in reply to bieco

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First, its not really "click & drag" -- its just "click the crop button".

That said, in the editor it seems work ok if you try and drag it, but that is not really what you want. Just click it, let the button back up then

move the cursor over-top of the photo.

There should be no delay in the editor -- I notice a delay if you try and crop in the organizer -- and that one will NOT click+drag, so just click it and wait a couple of seconds.

Personally I don't like the organizer's crop tool, but if I had no other editing to do I would probably use it.

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4. Barbara B.,

May 18, 2010 2:17 PM in reply to bieco

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Select the crop tool in the toolbox, then click its icon at the left of the Options bar and choose Reset Tool.

See if that helps any.

Which version of Windows are you running?

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5. bieco,

May 18, 2010 10:38 PM in reply to Barbara B.

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I use windows XP Tried the reset option. it worked once but not again

Bieco

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6. bieco,

May 19, 2010 10:25 AM in reply to Dennis Smith

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Thanks very much BUT it did not work. I do get a small crop icon after many ,many, clicks and

fooling around with Select All et al. And then ,most of the time, I get nothing.

Should I reinstall Elements 3 and try that?

Biecoo

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7. 99jon,

May 19, 2010 10:41 AM in reply to bieco

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After selecting the crop tool how are you setting the parameters on the top tool bar?

i.e maintain photo ratio, 1 x1, 4 x 6 or custom etc…..

This will make a difference to behavior of the crop tool.

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8. Barbara B.,

May 19, 2010 10:42 AM in reply to bieco

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Then delete the prefs: quit the editor, then restart it while holding down ctrl+alt+shift. Keep holding the keys down until you see a window asking if you want to delete the settings file. You do.

I might add that I prefer to crop with the marquee tool: drag a marquee, then go to Image>Crop.

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9. bieco,

May 19, 2010 5:56 PM in reply to 99jon

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will try grazie

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10. ~V,

May 24, 2010 3:54 AM in reply to bieco

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Just a workaround - Try Crop from Organizer.

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11. bieco,

May 24, 2010 8:48 PM in reply to ~V

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The crop tool is in Editor and it is often greyed out. Is there a Crop tool inOrgnizer?

Thanks V

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12. ~V,

May 24, 2010 8:53 PM in reply to bieco

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It is there in PSE6,PSE7,PSE8. Not sure about

PSE3 though.

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13. dianewarren,

May 24, 2010 8:58 PM in reply to bieco

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browse the image, right click, edit, click browse.

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14. PointsBeyond,

Oct 14, 2010 1:44 PM in reply to bieco

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I'm use PSE 9 for Mac, and the familiar Crop Tool on the left column isn't there any longer - it's just an option under the "Image" tab across the top.

Is there something I'm missing - or is this an "enhancement" for 9?

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15. Barbara B.,

Oct 14, 2010 6:24 PM in reply to PointsBeyond

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It's there. Click and hold on the Recompose tool and choose it from the popout menu. Many tools are tool groups with several tools in the same toolbox slot. You can also bring up a particular tool by clicking its keystroke repeatedly till you get the one you want. In the case of recompose/crop, just tap the C key until you see it in the toolbox.

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16. bieco,

Oct 14, 2010 7:23 PM in reply to PointsBeyond

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I have Version 3 and would like to know if Version 9 is vastly superior and if I buy it does Photoshop offer telephone help? If yes do they limit you to a few events or do they help for a period of time, say a year? When I called for help I was told that my Version is long gone and if I needed help they charge. I do not remmber how much but I think it was in the neighborhood o f$40 .I have windows XP and my grandson showed me how to use the crop tool which in V.3 IS on the left side

Thanks for the reply to my question

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