How can I crop away the empty edges after Photomerge in Photoshop?

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After creating a panorama with Photomerge in Photoshop, the stitched result often has transparent or empty areas around the outside. What’s the easiest way to crop the image down to the usable rectangular area, and is there any automatic option for doing this?

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Pressing "R" (or "C" in older versions) should bring up the crop tool.

It is then self-explanatory. Just use the mouse to select the area you like to crop to. You can use the handles on the sides and corners for that, too.

Option 2:

As explained here, you can go to File > Automate > Crop and Straighten Photo... and have it done for you.

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Use Photoshop’s Crop tool to trim the panorama manually. Press R in newer versions of Photoshop (or C in some older versions), then drag a crop box around the usable image area and adjust the corner or side handles until the empty edges are excluded.

If your version supports it, there may also be an automated option under File > Automate > Crop and Straighten Photo.

Some versions of Photoshop Elements may also offer a prompt after Photomerge to automatically fill the empty edge areas instead of cropping them, but that depends on the version and available system memory.

How can I crop away the empty edges after Photomerge in Photoshop?

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