How to Crop an Image in Photoshop: 5 Methods (2025)

Photoshop has five distinct ways to crop an image. The Crop Tool handles 90% of jobs. The Perspective Crop Tool straightens skewed architecture. Content-Aware Crop fills gaps when you straighten a horizon. Canvas Size trims exact pixel amounts from specific edges. And non-destructive cropping hides pixels instead of deleting them so you can re-crop later.

This guide covers all five in Photoshop 2025 (v26.x) with exact steps, shortcuts, and a comparison table.

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