CS3 Crop Tool, this is Driving me NUTS!!

[Kevi...@adobeforums.com]

hello, I was just wondering if someone can tell me what stupid little thing I am missing with the Crop tool.

I have done it before...What I want to do is have the crop tool set at a fixed dimension, WITHOUT resampling let's say I have a picture set to 72ppi, that's 8"x8". And I want the crop tool to be fixed at 150px by 90px, res: 72ppi. What is happening now is, the crop tool is dragging the entire span of the picture, and resampling my selection to the size I specified in the options bar above. I don't want that

What I want to happen is that when I click and drag, only a fixed 150x90px box appears, so that I can't make it any bigger than that...I have done it before....but for some reason I cannot find the option to turn of resampling, or for that matter the options for deleting the cropped out space or hiding it.

It's driving me nuts!! any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot,

[Denn...@adobeforums.com]

Try putting 150pxX90px in the crop tool dimensions but leave the resolution field blank.

[Kevi...@adobeforums.com]

nope....thanks though

[Denn...@adobeforums.com]

Nope what? Why doesn't that work for you?

[Geoff_K...@adobeforums.com]

You can do what you want using the Select tool instead of the crop tool. Have Style = Fixed size then type 150px x 90px in the size boxes. Click on the image, move the selected area to where ever you need it, then Image, Crop.
Geoff.

[dave_...@adobeforums.com]

click the clear button in the option bar in the crop tool first. (geoff's way works too, btw). THEN put in the size and units

150px and 90px

make sure to include the "px" after the #s.

[George...@adobeforums.com]

If you leave the resolution box blank, whether the crop tool resamples or not then depends on the size units you choose. If pixel units are entered, the original resolution is preserved and resampling must occur to effect that. If inches are used, resampling does NOT occur.

[Kevi...@adobeforums.com]

you guys rock...thanks a lot...I'm sure that's what I did