11 Replies Latest reply: Oct 17, 2010 8:20 AM by emil emil RSS

    How to delede (cut) a part inside an image

    on5lb Community Member

      Hello,

      I use Photoshop CS4 extreme, and wonder if someone can help me.

       

      I never neded to cut some part into an image, but now, i have to.

       

      So, how do i proceed to succeed ?

       

      Thanks in advance for your help

       

      Regrads,

      Jean

        • 1. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
          emil emil Community Member

          Unless you have something special in mind when you say "Cut" :-), select the part you are interested in and choose Edit > Cut or press Ctrl + X on your keyboard. And have in mind that you will learn much faster the basics if you read the help files first.

           

          and by the way, what is "Photoshop CS4 extreme"?

          • 2. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
            on5lb Community Member

            Hi,

            I checked the search forum before asking help.

            But suppose everybody is finding there solution into the help files...you will be unnecessay, right.

             

            Thanks for you reply, and you're right, i "intended" to write Ps CS4 Extended (sorry).

             

            But comming back to my problem:

             

            I do have a specific background image (1890x1182px at 200ppi) which i would like to use as a frame 32px wide.

            I want to cut the unnecessary part inside.

             

            What tool are you using to "select" the part to cut ?

             

            Sorry for your time.

            Regards,

            Jean

            • 3. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
              emil emil Community Member

              One way to select this is:

              Ctrl + a to select all

              Ctrl + t to transform selection

              In the Transform Tool's options if W and H are not pixels, right click and choose pixels, then type the desired pixels which is your dimensions minus 32 and when done press Enter to apply the transformation

              Finally press Delete to get rid of the image in the selection. Using Cut will also remove the image but it keeps it in memory so you can paste it or use somewhere else.

              Hope that helps

              • 4. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                on5lb Community Member

                Hi emil,

                My apologies for your time, but i'm unable to succeed

                 

                I followed your advice but the original image is silply reduced to the dimension i want to cut !

                The background is white with the original image reduced.

                The option to delete is grey (unusable)

                 

                I have to make more tests but it should be a simple procedure, no ?

                 

                Regards,

                Jean

                • 5. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                  emil emil Community Member

                  Sorry, I gave step 2 wrong

                  Instead of hitting Ctrl + t , right click in the selection (in this case, anywhere in the image) and choose Transform Selection. You can also choose that from the Select menu

                  • 6. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                    Semaphoric Community Member

                    Much simpler to use "Fixed Size" with the Rectangular Marquee tool.

                    • 7. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                      emil emil Community Member

                      Semaphoric wrote:

                       

                      Much simpler to use "Fixed Size" with the Rectangular Marquee tool.

                      It doesn't give you the position and finding that will make it much more complicated than my suggestion ;-)

                      • 8. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                        on5lb Community Member

                        Hi,

                        I'm just back home !

                        Tried your advice, succeeded to have a reduced frame into the original, but the "Transform Selection" still remain grey !

                         

                        What tool are you using to right clic and select ?

                         

                        Did you succeeded using this method ?

                         

                        Sorry, but i'm confused using all those different app's !

                         

                        Please, try to find the time  to give more details.

                        And thanks for your help

                         


                        Regards,

                        Jean

                        • 9. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                          emil emil Community Member

                          Here's my instructions again with a user like you in mind :-)

                           

                          From the Select menu choose All

                          From the Select menu choose Transform Selection

                          In the Transform Tool's options bar located at the top of your screen and under the main menu, if the fields next to W and H are not pixels, right click in each field and choose pixels, then type the desired pixel number in each field which is your dimensions minus 32

                          When done press Enter one or more times until the transformation is applied indicated by disappearing of the transform box and handles around the selection and also dissapearing of the Transform tool's options.

                          Finally  press Delete to get rid of the image in the selection. Using Cut will  also remove the image but it keeps it in memory so you can paste it or  use somewhere else.

                           

                          Hopefully our comunications are good enough this time. LOL

                          • 10. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                            on5lb Community Member

                            Hi,

                            Thanks for your time.

                             

                            I succeeded to delete the inner part, but...it's still there !

                             

                            I mean the selected rectangle is "disappeart", but the background is white, not "empty" and it's still about 7 MB !

                             

                            Did i tell you i need a "frame" a border like for paintings ?

                             

                            Or should i use Illustrator instead ?

                             

                            Regards,

                            Jean

                            • 11. Re: How to delede (cut) a part inside an image
                              emil emil Community Member

                              Make sure you do this on a layer, not Background, and make sure you have an image under that layer so it can show through.

                              If you don't know what is a layer and Background check my explanation that I just made in this thread:

                              http://forums.adobe.com/message/3213147#3213147