Crop The Image To Improve Composition

Open a backlit scenic shot into Photoshop CC. Use a RAW file (CR2 for Canon, NEF for Nikon, RAF for Fujifilm, and ORF for Olympus) and it will launch the Adobe Camera Raw interface.

When it’s on screen, if your image is on its side, hit ‘L’ or ‘R’ to rotate the image 90 degrees and get it the right way up. Now select the ‘Crop’ tool, and hold down the mouse on the icon until the dropdown menu appears. Select the 2 to 3 option to keep your image in the same proportion as the original. Drag the crop over the image to trim off any excess around the perimeter, then double-click inside the bounding box to see the cropped version. Nothing has actually happened to your original RAW – if you want to revert, just click on the ‘Crop’ tool at any time and hit the ‘Esc’ key to get back to the uncropped frame.