How to Circle Crop Images in Photoshop | Quick Tips

Learn how to use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and Layer Masks to circle crop any photo in Photoshop.
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How to Circle Crop in Photoshop:
◦ Use the Elliptical Marquee tool to make a circle by holding Shift
◦ Click on the Layer Mask icon
◦ CTRL/CMD + CLICK on the Layer Mask to convert it into a Selection
◦ Go to the Image Menu and select Crop
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[@bryan1057]

Good to see a straight to the point, short & simple Photoshop lesson. Thank you.

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Thank you!!!

[@Rakinx7]

All other tutorials are about 5-8 minutes! Why would someone watch that long video!?
And this 36 seconds video is just so simple and great!! So Helpful! Love it!

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Loving your short videos or clips, My brain can't take more than a few minutes of instructions, 🤣

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Love it! Short and to the point!!!

[@HakanTunaMuzik]

35 seconds, perfect, and I actually got the job done, thank you, others cannot seem to do this in 6-8 minute videos :-)

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Thank you for your support as we branch out with new short videos tailored for beginners! Don't worry, we will continue to publish our regular tutorials every week as well. We'll PHLEARN ya later! 😃

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simple and effective, thanks!!

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Nothing better then the short learing vids. Thanks so much

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Thank you. Very easy way. Appreciate it.

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thank you for a video thats straight to the point and not 5-6 min long OMG.

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lol.. I spent too much time following other methods!! this 1 is a great savior !! Thanks !

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Thank u bro! you really time saver....

[@rhuzaifa]

done very quickly, Thanks

[@MochitoMaker]

PERFECT!

[@stfromvb0343]

Thank you so much for this tutorial I was getting so frustrated earlier trying to figure it out on my own.

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Short simple and sweet.

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This was very straight forward

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Thank you

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Thank you for this i was completely stuck on a task

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As as easy as three clicks, great. Thanks.

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30 secs just perfect & straight to the point

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Short and useful

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That was incredibly useful and straight to the point. Thank you!

[@djsmarty2743]

MAN that was so epic and easy hahaha i laughed when it happened but before viewing i was like HOW ???

[@cleftpoinus6197]

if you thought that was epic, you should see the square version!

[@gigglesamerica]

for some reason, that option is grayed out for me (layer mask icon); any ideas? Thx for the efficient content!

[@MuzikkZone]

More quick tutorials please

[@aissame112]

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[@rovertgamehead]

Well that was easier than I thought. Thanks! Way better than listening to a 9 year old talk for an hour about it...

[@phlearn]

We are glad you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@BrianMcGovernBfmcgovern]

Thanks for a quick and easy tutorial. Didn't need to sit through a 30 min tutorial that ended up not correct

[@ivanivanovsky927]

But how do you get rid of that transparent background ? Because it can be saved only with square background.I cant find any video that shows only circle image

[@ctownthrasher]

TY FOR NOT TALKING FOR 9834752938475923874523455584 HOURS FOR SOMETHING THAT TAKES 35 SECONDS YOURE THE MVP 💪. Take my like and sub lol

[@bramvanharen3382]

I would have break the link icon between the layer and the mask. So you can move and position the mask as you wish

[@Lucian_Andries]

Hmm, interesting.

[@krishnabhattarai7205]

sir i made one photo for face book profile . but couldnt best. help into circle.help.

[@JohnMarston-sf1vk]

The crop option doesn not show up in my case

[@user-zs2ne5yz4z]

YESSS OKKK, but how do i save the picture being a circle?????

[@phlearn]

Hey there! You can export it as a PNG with a transparent background.

[@untiground]

Oh, I didn’t get it, do you have 32hour paid course for that?

[@struttinyourstuffmobilebou8132]

This is so frustrating....I did everything up to load mask and the image won't crop to the circle. The crop icon is faded out so I cannot use it.

[@AgingFlux]

@ 00:24 when I get to this step Crop is greyed out and not selectable?

[@phlearn]

Before you dive into using the crop tool, make sure you've got two things squared away:
1. Select the layer with the mask. This ensures your edits target the right area.
2. Unlock the background layer. If it's locked, the tools might be unavailable. Just a quick double-click on the background layer in the Layers panel will do the trick.
Once you've checked these boxes, you're good to go!

[@AgingFlux]

@@phlearnThe double -click did it. Thanks!

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Doug and Dave were here

[@WanderFeetChronicles]

That’s good because everyone else here doesn’t care one jot.

[@fyourhandlegoogle]

@@WanderFeetChronicles Nobody was asked to care. it was a joke beyond your comprehension obviously.

[@LennyTooMany]

when i do this my background is white, not checkerboard

[@phlearn]

Did you set the background color of your document to white when you created it? You can check this by going to File > New and looking at the "Background Contents" option. If it's set to "White," that will be the default background for the entire document.

[@fadetounforgiven]

I still don't get how round photos in this day and age are a thing.

[@christophergath]

lmao just look at your profile pic??

[@shanimation5062]

Wait, I know this guy from somewhere

[@WanderFeetChronicles]

So disappointed. Thought this was making crop circles. Doh.

[@dovidell]

some folk ( literally ) have the attention span of a gold fish , they don't WANT to spend hours ( more than 5 mins ) watching a video , if the image is going to social media or the like , so more of this kind of video if you please

[@phlearn]

Thanks David, we are testing out new short-form content like this video, they will all be available in this playlist: czcams.com/play/PL7JpMMpENaD189iS8KximmQ--_yBvHcqf.html

[@PaulusS]

There is no need to apply a mask first; you can crop right away.

[@WishingOnMy]

I thought the same thing, but it's for the transparency around the circle. otherwise it just crops a square

[@amala4844]

Please do a tutorial how to make our photos into 'pakshirajan' style like in 2.O movie

[@michelaser]

If you want your video to be successful, talk without background music OR at least type in advance

[@Thirsty_Fox]

Circular profile pictures are easily one of, if not, the worst web design trends in the past decade.

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SPEAK UP PLEASE

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thanks

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