Grid when cropping & straightening

Is there a way when cropping an image to view a grid overaid to help with these functions, especially with straightening?

This is a feature. When you use the Straighten Tool an orthogonal grid is superimposed on the Image as soon as you click on the Image and drag the mouse cursor. When you use the slider or the value slider (that's what Apple calls the field with the number flanked by triangles), no grid is superimposed and you can see your Image "as is".
You can activate the Straighten Tool in at least two ways: clicking the icon on the Tool Strip (that's what Apple calls the mini-toolbar in the bottom border of the Viewer), or clicking the tool icon at the top of the Straighten Brick. When the tool is active, the mouse cursor changes to two equilateral triangles yoked together, one pointing up and one pointing down.
All of this is covered well in the User Manual.
Fwiw, Aperture distinguishes between "Tools" and "Brushes". Afaict, this distinction is based on user expectation and not on logic.
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger -- clean up.

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Crop & Straighten photos problems

Not sure if this can help anyone having problems using "Crop & Straighten photos"!
I'm using CS3 (but I'm guessing the problem may exist in other versions) to try and subdivide a huge pile of old scanned prints. To make the job easier, I scanned with only 2 images on the platen so that there is plenty of white space around each image.
When I try and apply the "Crop & Straighten photos" command, in almost every case it fails, only creating a duplicate image which looks ALMOST identical to the original. However if I then apply "Crop & Straighten photos" to that copy, it works perfectly.
What I discovered is that my scanners (both HP models, a flat bed and an all-in-one) both create a scan with a fairly thick black edge on two sides of the image.
So when I apply "Crop & Straighten photos", Photoshop thinks (quite correctly) that the image actually extends to the edge of the original scan, and there is therefore nothing to divide.
The solution is to re-size the original image to 99%., and then apply "Crop & Straighten photos" and it works perfectly. So far 99% has worked on all the images I've tried, but it may need to be changed to 98 or lower in exceptional circumstances. Since the scanned photos are well away from the edges, there is no danger of cropping any of the originals scans, but be on the lookout just in case.
Finally, I created an action to crop to 99% and save all the images (to a new directory), meaning I could automate that step, and then I used the script provided elsewhere in this forum to automate the "Crop & Straighten photos".
Works a treat, and saves loads of time
Colin

Here is a web site that looks like it will show you how to do it. If not look at similar sites.
http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/tutorials/automate-crop-straighten-from-scans.3715. html

Automating Photoshop's Crop & Straighten Tool

Does anyone know of a way in which I can automate Photoshop's "Crop & Straighten" tool?
I don't think this is as simple as simply creating an Action or a Droplet to perform this task, because running the "Crop & Straighten" tool on an image results in the creation of multiple new images, all of which need to be saved out at some point (either before running the tool again on a subsequent image; or before ending up with hundreds of new/unsaved images open at one time within Photoshop)...
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!

Ok, If you want to try the above method here is the script.
Run it when you have the layers created.
#target photoshop
if(documents.length){
var docPath = activeDocument.path;
var docName = activeDocument.name.slice(0,-4);
var Directory = decodeURI(docPath+'/Edited');
if(activeDocument.artLayers.length >1) CreateDirectory(Directory);
for(var a=0;a<activeDocument.artLayers.length;a++){
   activeDocument.activeLayer = activeDocument.artLayers[a];
   if(!activeDocument.activeLayer.isBackgroundLayer){
         dupLayer("#"+(a+1));
         activeDocument.trim(TrimType.TRANSPARENT);
         //comment/uncomment SaveJPEG or SaveTIFF
         //SaveJPEG(File(Directory+"/"+docName+activeDocument.name+".jpg"), 10);
         SaveTIFF(File(Directory+"/"+docName+activeDocument.name+".tif"));
         activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
         activeDocument = documents[0];
activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
function dupLayer(newName) {
    var desc111 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var ref52 = new ActionReference();
        ref52.putClass( charIDToTypeID('Dcmn') );
    desc111.putReference( charIDToTypeID('null'), ref52 );
    desc111.putString( charIDToTypeID('Nm '), newName );
        var ref53 = new ActionReference();
        ref53.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('Lyr '), charIDToTypeID('Ordn'), charIDToTypeID('Trgt') );
    desc111.putReference( charIDToTypeID('Usng'), ref53 );
    executeAction( charIDToTypeID('Mk '), desc111, DialogModes.NO );
function SaveJPEG(saveFile, jpegQuality){
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgSaveOptions.quality = jpegQuality; //1-12
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
function SaveTIFF(saveFile){
tiffSaveOptions = new TiffSaveOptions();
tiffSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
tiffSaveOptions.alphaChannels = true;
tiffSaveOptions.imageCompression = TIFFEncoding.TIFFLZW;
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, tiffSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
function CreateDirectory(Directory){
var PathFold = new Folder(Directory);
if (PathFold.exists == false) PathFold.create();

How to keep original aspect ratio when cropping in Camera Raw?

How to keep original aspect ratio when cropping in Camera Raw? Cant figure it out! With shift, the aspect ratio is 1:1. But I didnt set it to 1:1 (I checked "normal").

The Shift key works once you’ve set your crop ratio. DSLRs would typically do 2:3 and others sometimes do 3:4.

Photoshop CC 2014 crashes when cropping - since today's update via CC and installation of Lightroom CC

Running Windows 8.1
No issues up until the latest update of PS CC 2014, Bridge and Lightroom (from LR 5 to LR CC / 6) - installed this morning.
Now when cropping an image PS crashes.
Faulting application name: Photoshop.exe, version: 15.2.2.310, time stamp: 0x5480338c
Faulting module name: MSVCR110.dll, version: 11.0.51106.1, time stamp: 0x5098826e
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000003c5f0
Faulting process ID: 0x360c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d07cdb67ff87b2
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2014\Photoshop.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\MSVCR110.dll
Report ID: e8dffa73-e8cf-11e4-8286-14dae929bf86
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Photoshop itself hasn't had an update since December.
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Photoshop CS6 crashing when crop/resize on Mac OS 10.9.5

How do we troubleshoot when photoshop crashes several times a day?? seems to happen most when cropping images.
On the adobe website it's saying there's online chat support within 90 days of activation - but have been around in circles and not found this option. such an expensive product not to have proper support, especially as I read most articles in this discussion group are unresolved.
I have the crash logs - the only meaningful part to me is :
Exception Codes are pointing to EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV), KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000010. Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread.
(further down) - Error Code 0x00000004. Trap number 14.
I can't see any additional plug-ins installed, and can paste the full crash report here if anyone's interested in reading it!

Ask in the PS forum and provide exact system information. Most such issues can simply be attributed to hardware acceleration issues, in this case most likely overlay drawing issues with the crop preview. Turn that stuff off in the prefs and see if it makes a difference.
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Bug - View changes to grid when expanding a collection in the left pane.

Tried submitting this via the bug report form but got java errors. Sigh...
This seemed like the best alternative.
******BUG******
Concise problem statement:
View changes to grid when expanding a collection in the left pane.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Goto Library Module
2. Ensure there is a collection with at least one child - if not create one.
3. Make sure the collection is collapsed (you cant see the child and you see a right pointing triangle to the left of the collection name)
4. Change to Loupe view
5. Click the right pointing triangle next to the parent collection you just created to expand it.
Actual Results:
View changes to grid
Expected results:
View should remain unchanged - in this case Loupe view.

The first is that I can't view the aperture library anymore directly from iphoto.
THat is exceeding strange since iPhoto '08 could not open or share an Aperture library - that ability was first introduced in iPhoto '11 - with the latest version of iPhoto and or Aperture you can open the same library with either application - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5043
In the current version of iPhoto the photos are sorted by date in the film strip - I've not recently done a calendar so do not remember the specifics -
LN

Error: "Scratch disk is full" when cropping an image

Solution suggested by PECourtejoie.
Issue: When you try to crop an image in Photoshop and enter width, height and resolution values in the crop options, you receive the error that the scratch disk is full and are unable to crop the image.
Details: If you leave the crop options blank, you can crop the image successfully. This usually occurs because you left a resolution target in the options for the crop tool and it is attempting to resample your image to something bigger than your scratch disk can hold
Solutions: Do one of the following:
Solution 1: Clear the crop tool options.
Click the Clear button on the crop tool options bar to remove previously entered measurements and the target resolution.
Solution 2: Specify measurement units when cropping.
Enter the desired measurement units in the width and height crop options. For example, enter 100px for pixels, or 1in for inches. Remove any text from the resolution field.
Solution 3: Set the default measurement units.
To set the default measurement units:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Units & Rulers (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > Units & Rulers (Mac OS).
2. Select a measurement unit for Type under the Units section of the Preferences dialog box. For example, select Pixels.
3. Click OK.
Message was edited by: PECourtejoie

Thanks!
You did credit me, but the text you picked comes from a Knowledgebase article... no one hurt, just setting things straight...

Creating an action to crop straighten and save

I have scanned in a hundred or so pages from old photo albums, and have a thousand or so more to save.
I am hoping to use a batch process or script to automate the cropping/straightening & saving, but I can't work out how to get the files saved.
The album pages do not have a fixed number of images, so the crop/straighten is creating a variable number of images from 1 to 8 or 9 (maybe more - they are really old photos some of which which are very small).
So I need to find a way to create an action to crop and straighten (the easy bit), and then to automate the saving without asking for a file name and path for each image - the names created in the crop process are fine.
Can anyone help please.
Many thanks

There is free script which works just fine. Here is entire discussion http://forums.adobe.com/thread/290194. I tested script with Photoshop CC on WIndows and everything works perfect. Download, actually select all and copy from this page http://www.tranberry.com/photoshop/photoshop_scripting/PS4GeeksOrlando/IntroScripts/cropAn dStraightenBatch.jsx. Open text editor and paste then save as cropAndStraightenBatch.jsx file in Presets > Scripts folder or save on Desktop then copy and paste in mentioned folder. Run script from File > Scripts menu without any image open. In the first dialog navigate to folder with scanned photos then in second window navigate to folder where you want to save.

Crop & Straighten tool missing from Automate menu

I'm using CS3, Extended
The Crop & Straighten tool doesn't show up under the Automate menu.
I've gone to Edit > Menus > Automate and it doesn't show up there either.
I have quite a large amount of multiple scans that need to be cropped and separated.
I never had this problem with CS2.
The following are listed under the Automate menu:
Batch
PDF Create
Create Droplet
Pro Canvas (twice)
Photo Tools Batch
Photo Tools
Conditional Mode Change
Fit Image
Merge to HDR
Photo Merge
I've tried opting for the no-show in the Edit > Menus thinking that there may be too many selections, but that didn't help. Also, like I said, Crop and Straighten doesn't show up there at all.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
imjohn

Is it hidden behind the Slice tool? Any tools with a little triangle in the bottom right corner, have move tools behind them.
You could use the keyboard short cut 'c', but if the Crop tool is hidden, keep pressing Shift c until you see it.

Aperture 3.5 repeatedly crashes when cropping or editing.   10.9.4 on a 24" iMac early 2009 Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Crash report: Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Aperture 3.5 repeatedly crashes when cropping or editing.   10.9.4 on a 24" iMac early 2009 Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. Crash report: Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.    Able to edit 3 or 4 photos before crashing again.   Repair run multiple times.   Can't copy/paste crash report -
any ideas?

Yes.   Just updated to 10.9.5 and 3.5.1 and crashed again.    Only half of available memory on computer is being used.
How do I copy the "problem report"?
thanks very much

Need a script to batch automate "Crop & Straighten"

So I have a few hundred image files that consist of 3 or 4 scanned photos also called "gang" scanned. The photoshop "Crop & Straighten" ability (located under File-->Automate) is great...But I want to be abe to run a script that will prompt me for a folder to be processed and then run the Crop & Straighten on all the photos, while saving them to another folder called "Edited" or something. I found a script in the forums for this exact purpose, but it doesn't seem to work in CS5. I ran it multiple times, it creates the folder "Edited" but nothing is inside of it. The script I found is posted below. Any ideas? I would really appreciate the help!
#target Photoshop
app.bringToFront;
var inFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select folder to process");
if(inFolder != null){
var fileList = inFolder.getFiles(/\.(jpg|tif|psd|)$/i);
var outfolder = new Folder(decodeURI(inFolder) + "/Edited");
if (outfolder.exists == false) outfolder.create();
for(var a = 0 ;a < fileList.length; a++){
if(fileList[a] instanceof File){
var doc= open(fileList[a]);
doc.flatten();
var docname = fileList[a].name.slice(0,-4);
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doc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
var count = 1;
while(app.documents.length){
var saveFile = new File(decodeURI(outfolder) + "/" + docname +"#"+ zeroPad(count,3) + ".jpg");
SaveJPEG(saveFile, 12);
activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES) ;
count++;
function CropStraighten() {
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID('CropPhotosAuto0001'), undefined, DialogModes.NO );
function SaveJPEG(saveFile, jpegQuality){
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgSaveOptions.quality = jpegQuality;
activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true,Extension.LOWERCASE);
function zeroPad(n, s) {
n = n.toString();
while (n.length < s) n = '0' + n;
return n;

Hi there,
I have tested one script and encountered one problem; the script/PS is very aggressive. The result has been that single images have been divided to multiple images and many time "over cropped" and rotated in various degrees. Crazy : )
Example Before/after:
Dropbox - PS CROP&STRAIGHTEN
Script used:
Dropbox - CROPAndStraightenBatch.jsx
I have about 3000 images that I would like to have cropped.
What I would like to have is a script where I can state or set it to not allow it to divide pictures into many.
Also...any script that can automate rotations as batch?
Does this exist somewhere?
Are there any scripts somewhere that I can test?
Cheers
Martin

Preserve background layer when cropping (script)

I understand that if you choose "Delete Cropped Pixels" in the crop tool, that it will preserve the background layer, as a background layer. However, I wished that I could still maintain this function when cropping without the delete cropped pixels option checked as well. It seems like a silly thing to have to recreate that layer as a background manually every time. Is there a script out there that can do this?

The background layer is a special layer that dose not support transparency so if the change the canvas size pixels will be added or removed to match the canvas sizes a document need not have a background layer. In that case the document canvas size is then just a clipping mask for your layers the size and pixels can remain unchanged.

Black frame when cropping raw

When editing Canon raw images (downloaded from Canon 20D) I am frequently encountering a problem when cropping. After cropping the image, it looks fine on the screen. But when I leave edit mode and return to the library, I find that instead of the image being cropped, the area of the image I wanted to keep has just remained the same size and the areas I intended to remove have just been replaced with a black frame. Anyone else have this problem? The only way I have been able to fix is to "Revert to Original" and then do my editing in two steps: everything but crop, save and then crop. Very annoying.

I too have the Canon 20D. I just tried an edit using iPhoto and it worked fine. I think you might be missing a step - (?)
*Click the crop icon, layout the area you want to keep (background/edges will become darker/black)
*Click the crop icon again.

Batch Crop & Straighten Photos...? Please, Help.

I have several hundred photos that have been scanned and they all need to be cropped and straightened. I have been unsuccessful in my attempts at being able to create and run a action or script to batch this automated feature in Photoshop CS4. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Thanks.

Here is a web site that looks like it will show you how to do it. If not look at similar sites.
http://www.webdesign.org/web/photoshop/tutorials/automate-crop-straighten-from-scans.3715. html

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