Crop and Resize Photos to Any Frame Size in Photoshop

Learn how to easily crop and resize an image for any frame size you need, and how to print your image with the highest quality, using only the Crop Tool in Photoshop!

When resizing an image for print, a problem we often face is that the aspect ratio of our image is different from the aspect ratio of the frame we want to place the image into. Since we can't change the frame size, we need a way to change the aspect ratio of the image. In this video, I show you how easy it is to both change the aspect ratio and resize your image for the highest print quality using Photoshop's Crop Tool! Let's see how it works. I'm using Photoshop CC but you can also follow along with CS6.

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[PhotoshopEssentialsChannel]

Hi everyone, Steve here. In this video, I show you how easy it is to crop and resize your photos so they'll fit in any frame size you need, and how to make sure they'll print with the highest quality, using nothing more than the Crop Tool in Photoshop. We start with the reason why it can be a challenge to resize a photo to match your frame size, and why Photoshop's Image Size command doesn't really help. Then, we learn why the Crop Tool is the best way to crop and resize your photos all at once!
Please leave any comments, questions or suggestions below. And as always, thanks so much for watching!

[kayny]

Thanks for this video! Easy to follow along and explained exactly what I need to do.

[DancesDUPcolorado]

Perfect explanation! perfect tone of voice! Clear steps! Thank you

[joannewilliams]

Thank you so much - loved the easy to understand instructions

[iamthedesignersoriginal]

Excellent video. Very clear, step by step instructions, not glossing over anything so I did not even have to rewind to review anything. Now I know how to resize correctly. Thank you so much.

[OceansideCreations]

Thank you so much! so simple yet so difficult to figure out

[peachudumplings]

Your voice is so perfect to listen to, I don't get lost in anything you're saying which tends to happen to me a lot when listening to tutorial videos. Thank you so much for these essentials Steve!

[BitsCollins]

Bless you sir. You have solved my problem. I truly appreciate it.

[rafael]

This is by far the best explanation of all youtube tutorials. Thanks!

[jennyelenihealth]

Hi Steve, thank you.Instructions super super clear!

[raymondl]

Thank you very much, you've saved the day

[LXFREESTYLE]

Ty so much u made it so easy ty again 👍👍👏👏✌️✌️😃😃

[ajtransportllc]

Thank you for your video You did a great description. Is there a way to crop a photo to fit into a semi-triangle shape. So it's 5.1 at the top and 5.5 at the bottom?

[kbruff]

10-27-2020 Thank you for this information.

[emmabeech]

hi, thanks for the vid. i tried doing this with a photo that was very small. i changed it to my photo frame size and once i had done it, the picture was very distorted. could you please advise on how to change very small photos to fit to frame please

[athirasnair]

Mam I want to resize some images for pasting in scrapbook. So if I use by this way it should be perfectly suit for the scale measurements..plz reply

[donr.fitzpatrick]

Helped me enter a contest. Thanks Steve! Excellent teaching, tutorial, and spot on instruction!

[janis]

+Photoshop Essentials great video, thank you. The part where at 5:10 you mention that sometimes losing part of the image cannot be avoided -so there is absolutely no way/other way aside from what is covered in this video to somehow shrink an image to make it fit the aspect ratio/dimensions for printing? I am guessing not, its just that I am trying to print an image 7x5 and have followed the steps in this video but similary to at 5:10, I cannot fit the entirety of the image in, have to lose parts of the image :(..thanks a lot

[suzannewaters]

Hi Steve. I paint watercolor landscapes and as the entire landscape is the subject, I really don't want to crop any of my image. I have some previously painted pieces that are 16 x 12 and others that are 14 x 10. Is there any way to resize both of these sizes to 14 x 11 (the size I prefer to print) without cropping or skewing the image??

[Thatsmessedupman]

Steve, did you ever create the tutorial for Select and mask?