Adjust image compositions and create custom crops
Adjust the composition
In the Adjustment tab, select the crop cursor tool and, from the image viewer, find an image to crop. Open up the ‘Adjust Composition’ menu and click the arrow to reveal the composition tool options. There are three main sub-menus to the Adjust Composition menu; Crop, Straighten and Perspective Control.
Custom crop sizes
Click-and-drag your cursor across the image, this will draw a crop selection box and activate more options in the Crop sub-menu. To create a custom crop, select the second drop-down menu, which should be showing ‘Free Crop’ to reveal a few preset crop sizes. If you choose Custom you can set a specific aspect ratio to crop with.
Portrait or landscape?
You can also change the image from portrait to landscape orientation. Use the icon to the left of the info you entered for your custom crop aspect ratio to quickly flip the crop between portrait and landscape options. The custom aspect ratio is maintained when you switch between the portrait and landscape crop.
Fine-tune your composition
Once you’ve settled on a crop, you can now fine-tune it, if needed, by using the Straighten and Perspective tools. The Straighten tool is used to level out uneven horizons. If the image contains structures that have suffered distortion due to the camera angle, use the Perspective controls for a more natural-looking view.