# Cropping

Cropping an image can make a significant difference the quality of an image. adjusting the composition to make improve the way your subject is being present, or shifting from landscape to a portrait. Can transform a O.K. photo into something special.

### Aspect

The crop tools will allow you crop and rotate you image to any shape or angle. You can select a common aspect ration from the **Aspect** drop down, or enter your ow custom one. The padlock icon will lock or unlock the image from conforming to the select aspect ratio.

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### Angle

Angle can be adjusted using the slider or by clicking and dragging slightly away from the edge of the cropping bounding box.

When adjusting the angle a finer mesh grid will appear as an overlay making it easier line-up horizontal and vertical line.

### overlays

The crop tool includes a few built-in overlays to aid composition. by default the you see a rule of thirds grid. Pressing '**O**' will cycle through **Diagonal**, **Triangle**, **Golden Ratio**, and **Golden Spiral**. Pressing '**Shift + O**' will rotate the overlay.