Arg, and D'oh. I never noticed the "other" dro down menu.
Thanks Godfrey and Christine. I have it now. I had sized some photos for the fair, at what i thought was 8x10, but they were not, so when i had to resize in the Kodak Gallery software it was not correct. Close but not correct. I have them resized and ready for resend. At $2.99 an 8x10, i can afford 1 or 2 booboo's Dave On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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.
