Those rulers are only available in the Print module when in Lightroom because that's the only place they are useful.
You should know what sizes you're targeting to print to before you go to print. You set the proportions for those sizes using the Crop Tool and locking the proportions. Here's the popup menu in Lightroom 2 ... it's the same in Lightroom 1 but in a different place on the screen: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/crop-proportions-LR2.jpg So... - If you're making square prints, set 1x1. - If you're making 8x10 or 4x5 or 16x20, set 4x5 or 8x10. - If you're making 3x4 or 6x8 or 11x14, set 8.5x11 or create a custom setting in 4x3 or 3x4. - If you're making 2x3, 3.5x5, 4x6, 5x7.5, 8x12, etc etc set 2x3. If you need to make an 8x10 and a 4x6 print, and have both available for immediate use, create a virtual copy of the image and set the cropping on one for 8x10 and the other for 4x6. When you export for printing, set the long dimension you want, let the other fall where it goes, and set the print density you want. Godfrey On Aug 20, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> The rulers that photoshop has on the LHS and top of the canvas, >> Godfrey. Is there a way to set those in LR. > > I know of the rulers you refer to, Dave. They appear in PE5 as well. > Lightroom 1.4 does not have these rulers in the develop module like > PS/PE5. > HTH, Cheers, Christine > >> >> I have my crop tool set for aspect locked, but have no idea what >> size, >> like 8x10 etc, i'm cropping to. > > When you click on the aspect locked icon, you can then also set the > size by > clicking the up/down arrow buttons & choosing a size. The up/down > arrow > buttons are to the right of the aspect locked icon. (Dave, you > probably > already know this, if so ignore.) > >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> Not sure what you mean or need. >>> >>> Most work in Lr is dimensionless or proportion based. Sizing is only >>> important in setting a proportion when cropping, or arranging a >>> slide >>> or web presentation (picture dimensions in pixels), in exporting and >>> in printing. >>> >>> Printing is where you use rulers because there are a lot of >>> dimensions >>> to manage directly. For export to a size and density, presuming >>> you've >>> set the crop proportion correctly, just specify the long dimension >>> and >>> output density. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
