How do you prevent or remove the "dead" white space that forms around a cropped photograph?

Question

Every time I crop a photo or some other type of pic with a photo editor, I am left with a white area where the removed image used to be + the pic that I want to keep. Is there any way that I can prevent or remove this so that I am left with only the image that I want to save and not a the picture plus a bunch of dead white space surrounding it?
THANKS!

Answer 1

Kal, it sounds like you are "cutting out" something from the center of a picture. I haven't used PhotoImpression very much but I don't think it is one of the more advanced programs. I use Micrografx Picture Publisher and there is a "duplicating tool" (also found in other programs) that will copy a specific area that you choose and duplicate it over top of another area that you choose thereby replacing it with the area of photo that you want and removing what you don't want....it works better than cutting out (cropping) that area.

If you're not cutting out the center and want to remove outside area then use the masking tool. It is usually displayed as cutting knife. Then select whether you want to cut out using a square or circle. Place the knife edge to the farthest left top corner (of the section you want to keep) making sure that it is up high enough and wide enough to center your image the way you want (you may have to play with this a bit to get the hang of it.) then just hold down your left mouse button and drag the square or circle down and to the right until you have centered the pic the way you like it. Once you have "masked off" what you do want to keep then right click and save it as a new photo and Voila! there you have what you want and no white space to deal with. I hope this helps.

Answer 2

There are usually "Crop to Image" or the like functions in photo editors. Either that, or reduce your canvas size.

Answer 3

Try resizing your image,or use crop to image.

Answer 4

What software are you using?