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Cropping pics in Photoshop

Sometimes you take a digital pic and when you review it think “wow, that’s a great shot”. However, you shouldn’t write off your more mundane shots, because many of them have the potential to achieve the same wow factor with nothing more than some creative cropping.

If you want to see just how you can transform a ho-hum snap into an ‘oh, wow’ shot, head to Helen Bradley’s Web site, where you’ll find her five top cropping tips using Adobe Photoshop.

Helen used to write the digital photography column in NetGuide magazine when I was editor and has always been one of my favourite tech writers, as she conveys quite sophisticated photographic processes and image editing tasks in plain English. She is a whiz when it comes to Photoshop, so take a look through the other inspiring tips she shares on her site and you’ll be amazed at just how easily you can take your happy snaps to a whole new level .

Five secret’s of the Photoshop crop tool