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    • Crop, flip, and rotate photos
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    • Crop presets
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  1. Crop

Crop, flip, and rotate photos

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Last updated 2 months ago

The Crop tool in Photomator lets you improve composition, remove unwanted parts, or adjust the angle of your photos. And, to make cropping even easier, Photomator's ML Crop feature uses machine learning to provide smart cropping suggestions for any crop aspect ratio you choose. You can also rotate, flip, use preset crop settings, or set a custom aspect ratio for more precise adjustments.

Crop a photo

  1. Choose the Crop tool by doing any of the following:

    • Tap Repair in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

    • If a different crop mode is selected, tap Crop.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Crop the photo automatically: Tap ML Crop in the Crop tool options.

    • Crop manually: Drag the crop box handles to define the area you want to keep in the photo.

    • Crop to specific proportions: Tap , then choose the aspect ratio you want to use or enter a custom crop ratio.

Flip a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

Tap at the bottom of the screen to flip your photo horizontally, or to flip it vertically.

Rotate a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

Tap at the bottom of the screen to rotate the photo clockwise, or to rotate it counterclockwise.

Crop a photo

  1. Choose the crop tool by doing any of the following:

    • Tap Crop in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

    • Press C on your keyboard.

    • If a different crop mode is selected, tap the crop mode button and choose Crop.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Crop the photo automatically: Tap ML Crop in the Crop tool options.

    • Crop manually: Drag the crop box handles to define the area you want to keep in the photo.

    • Crop to specific proportions: Tap or press X on your keyboard, then choose the aspect ratio you want to use or enter a custom crop ratio.

Flip a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

Tapat the bottom of the screen to flip your photo horizontally, or to flip it vertically.

Rotate a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

Tap at the bottom of the screen to rotate the photo clockwise, or to rotate it counterclockwise.

Crop a photo

  1. Choose the crop tool by doing any of the following:

    • Choose Tools > Crop from the Tools menu at the top of your screen.

    • Press C on your keyboard.

  2. Do any of the following:

    • Crop the photo automatically: Click ML Crop in the Crop tool options.

    • Crop manually: Drag the crop box handles to define the area you want to keep in the photo.

    • Crop to specific proportions: Click the Aspect Ratio menu at the top of the Crop tool options pane, then choose the aspect ratio you want to use or enter a custom crop ratio.

Flip a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

Rotate a photo

With the Crop tool selected, do one of the following:

See also

Straighten photos

Adjust perspective

Keyboard shortcuts

Click Crop in the toolbar at the top of the screen.

Click to flip your photo horizontally, or to flip it vertically.

Click to rotate the photo clockwise, or to rotate it counterclockwise.