On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 17, 2014, at 4:57 PM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> LR only supports rulers in the Print module, where you need them for sizing >>> work to fit the paper it's going to be printed on. >>> >>> When you set the crop tool to a specific proportion in LR, you'll notice >>> that the lock icon in the cropping panel is locked. That means that no >>> matter how you change the area included by the crop, it will stay at those >>> proportions. You can then print it to whatever size output you want, based >>> on resolution and quality. >>> >>> If you click on the lock icon to unlock the specific proportions, you can >>> then adjust the proportions any way you want for a custom-shaped crop. >> >> but is there any way i can know what i am cropping to. when i do that, >> Godfrey. > > There are a couple of ways of figuring out the proportion you've achieved > with a custom-shaped crop. > > The most precise: Use the info overlay to display the cropped dimensions in > pixels. From that you can calculate, to arbitrary accuracy, exactly what your > crop proportions are. For example: I have a photo that I originally cropped > square, but it needed a little more width than height to achieve what I > wanted. So I unlocked the crop proportions and dragged out the width to meet > my desire. Now the pixel dimension are 1918 x 1331. A little division, then > multiplication by 2 nets this to be a 2.88:2 proportion, darn close to a 3:2 > proportion. It's close enough that I might save that and try a 3:2 proportion > if I want to be able to use standard printing templates or frames.
Ok manged to find out how to turn on and off the overlay, and i see the new dimensions after cropping. I'm a bit confused as to the aspect ratios never really worked with them. If i crop to a set of pixels that gets me close to 3:2 how do i know if its close to 5x7 or is 3:2 really a 5x7 in disguise. Dave > > A good approximation: While the cropping tool is active, press the O key. > You'll see the crop overlay cycle through various grid and other options > until you get to one that has format proportion lines - 4x5, 5x7, and 2x3. As > you move the cropping around, you can see how close you are to one of these > three standards. I can toggle between various grids but they dont make much sense to me yet. Dave > > G > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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.
