This is the most important step in this tutorial of crop an image in a circle in Photoshop. Step 5: Crop an Image in a Circle in PhotoshopĪfter this, we are going to trim all the transparent pixels so that the selection stays. This kind of Photoshop background tells that there’s actually no background present in the image. Once it is done, all the image is gone except the selected area and you will see the background which is shown above. Hide the “Background Layer” by clicking on the button that is highlighted with the red rectangle. Open the Layer Panel by pressing F7 and you will see a new layer.
Press Ctrl+J/Cmd+J to duplicate the selection to a new layer. Now we’re going to copy the selected area to a new layer.
Step 4: Copy the Selection to a New Layer The area inside the circle will be the area which remains once the cropping is done. Now place the circle in a place which suits you. This shows that you can move your selection. Now move your mouse to the inside of the circle. Step 3: Adjust the Center of the Selection Right now, you don’t need to worry about the center of the circle. If you’re using Rectangular Marquee tool, holding down the Shift key will keep the selection square. The Shift key will make sure that the selection always stays circular. Hold down the Shift key and draw a selection around the face. If you need to learn more on Elliptical Marquee Tool in Photoshop, head over there. Sidebar: I have written a tutorial on Elliptical Marquee tool in Photoshop. Grab an Elliptical Marquee tool from the tool panel or press Shift+M again and again until it comes. Step 1: Draw a Circle with the Marquee Tool If you like watching videos, here’s the video tutorial for you. The link will open in a new tab.īefore I proceed, I want to show you the final picture where an image of a guy is cropped in a circle. Related: Not a while ago I wrote a tutorial on Crop tool in Photoshop where I explained the entire cropping process. The bad thing is that you need to open Photoshop and do the work. 😞 The good thing is that it takes less than a minute in Photoshop to crop an image. Otherwise, you need to crop an image in a circle in Photoshop and upload to the app. If they’re user-friendly, they crop an image in a circle by themselves. Nowadays, we are seeing that a lot of apps are asking for circular images for profile pictures.
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