7.55. Crop Layers to Content

The Crop Layers to content command automatically crops the selected layers, unlike the Crop Tool, or the Resize Layers to Selection command, which let you manually define the area to be cropped.

Aquesta ordre suprimeix l'àrea més gran possible al voltant de la vora exterior que té el mateix color. Ho fa escanejant la capa a través d'una línia horitzontal i d'una vertical, i escapçant la capa quan troba un color diferent, encara que sigui transparent.

You can use this command to crop a layer to the dimensions of a subject that is lost in a solid background which is too large.

Figura 16.140. «Crop Layers to Content» example

«Crop Layers to Content» example

Before applying «Crop Layers to Content»

«Crop Layers to Content» example

After applying «Crop Layers to Content»: the active layer, has been cropped to the size of the circle it contains. Its size is reduced, and the unoccupied part in the canvas is transparent, revealing the yellow and green colors of the underlying layer.


7.55.1. Activació de l'ordre

  • You can access this command from the image menubar through LayerCrop Layers to Content.