 Jessica A. Eiss |
When cropping, to what size? I'm using PSE3, and if you have to crop and then do some adjustments, do you crop to a pre-set size, or do a free crop? If you do a free crop, do you crop again when you want to order specific sizes? Or, do you crop and save-as for each size photo you may want. I'm curious as to what other people do when you are cropping. Jess
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Jessica A. Eiss |
Guys, any help here? I ususally crop for 4x6 for scrapbooking, but got to thinking the file size should be larger for other projects. What do you guys do for weddings and studio work, if the picture wasn't camera picture perfect? thanks Jess
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John P. Sandstedt |
A 35mm negative is 24mm X36mm - the aspect ratio is 2:3. A 3R print, the old print standard was 3.5X5; the print standard was changed to 4X6 [aspect ration of 2:3] and this enabled computerized printing as no cropping was involved. When I scan a print or 35mm negative/slide, I will ultimately adjust size for the printer I'm using. With most "standard" printers, which are limited to 8.5X11 paper, you have to crop to achieve something close to the traditional 8X10 [aspect ratio of 4:5.] I normally set the longest dimension to 10.5" as my S-800 didn't print borderless on standard letter sized paper - the shorter dimension is typically 7.3-7.6". When I got my i9900 printer, size no longer was an issue, since it does 13X19's and prints borderless. In digital, especially with a camera like my Canon 30D, my images are in the 2:3 aspect ratio. So, once again, cropping is needed if my desire is to create the 8X10 print. One needs to crop, however, to fit the needs of the image, rather than a specific aspect ratio or print dimensional size. Hope this helps.
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Andy |
This is my way of dealing with images. Suppose my original image is "image1.jpg", I will do all the necessary editing WITHOUT resizing and sharpening and save as, say "image1-m.jpg". Now I have two copies, one original and one edited. If I need a 4x6 print, I will crop from the edited one, sharpen and save as "image1-4x6.jpg". If I need a 8x10, I will crop from the edited one, sharpen and save as "image1-8x10.jpg". And so on. Hope this helps.
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Brendan Knell |
Hit "Front Image", by the "Clear" button, and it will crop it in the same ratio as your original photo. Then, if you need, say a 4x6, you can then go crop it for that. If you do crop for a specific size print, make sure that you leave a little extra room on the original "Front Image" crop.
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Craig m. Zacarelli |
also, try to have some thought to the finished size while shooting the pic. I find if I "fill the frame" I cant crop to 8x10 or else I will lose some of the shot I wanna keep. the aspect ratio is killing me..lol I try to print 8x10 or 11x14 and have a heck of a time at it
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Bob Chance |
I do the pretty much the same as Andy. I'll open and edit an image, but when I save it, I'll apend the filename with the Letter 'E', for edited. Then, later on, if I want a specific size print, I'll open img0001E.jpg, crop to the size print I want and send it to the printer. I usually will not save this cropped version though. I have enough picture files on my hard drive now to deal with.
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Jessica A. Eiss |
thank you so much for your opinions. This has been very helpfull! I really don't need any more pics on my hardrive either, but now at least I won't be minimizing my file size. thanks again for your expertise. Jess
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