Photoshop Keyboard Shortcut Crop: Fast Crop Workflows
Master the Photoshop keyboard shortcut crop with fast, non-destructive workflows. Learn Crop Tool basics, aspect ratios, and batch cropping, with practical shortcut tips.
Shortcuts Lib Team
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Quick path: crop with the Crop Tool (C) and commit with Enter
The Crop Tool is Photoshop's fastest path to crop. Activate it with C, then drag to frame the region you want. Press Enter to apply the crop. Hold Shift while dragging to constrain to a square, or pick a fixed aspect ratio from the Options bar for precise crops. For non-destructive workflows, prefer masking or smart objects before applying a crop. See the code samples for automation and cross-platform shortcuts.
JavaScript
// ExtendScript: basic crop to bounds
var d = app.activeDocument;
var bounds = [100, 100, 800, 600]; // left, top, right, bottom (px)
d.crop(bounds);Python
# PIL example as a cross-tool reference (not Photoshop-dedicated)
from PIL import Image
im = Image.open('input.jpg')
crop_box = (100, 100, 800, 600)
cropped = im.crop(crop_box)
cropped.save('output.jpg')**