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When i need to resize a photo for printing to say 10 x 8 all i do at present is crop to approximate size and set the width to 10 inches, but the height may come close say 7.98 inches. At the moment all i am doing is trying to crop to the exact size but it is not easy. I feel that there might be a better way and this pool of extraordinary brilliant minds is the obvious place to obtain this information if indeed it exists.

Can someone help? thanks

Troppo

Hi Troppo,

I am pretty new to Photoshop but I know that if you are using PS crop tool, you can set the exact size of the crop in the height and width boxes on the toolbar, this will restrain your crop to the paramaters that you have set......

Stuart

Troppo,

Which program are you cropping in?

If you are using PS, it can be as easy as selecting the crop tool, inputing your dimensions and resolution then selecting the area to crop, or.... using the marque tool, selecting Fixed Aspect Ratio, inputing the AR, cropping, and then resizing to achieve the desired resolution.
The crop tool in NC can be a little fiddly, but still workable. In Size/Resolution select "Keep Output Size", enter width and height in inches, enter resolution, then resize the marque by dragging it around to suit.


Cheers

Or........if using PS you can do this...

File / New / in the preset drop down menu select 8x10 / then drag your orignal image into the 8x10 window and move it around to the position you like.

Troppo wrote:When i need to resize a photo for printing to say 10 x 8 all i do at present is crop to approximate size and set the width to 10 inches, but the height may come close say 7.98 inches. At the moment all i am doing is trying to crop to the exact size but it is not easy. I feel that there might be a better way and this pool of extraordinary brilliant minds is the obvious place to obtain this information if indeed it exists.

Can someone help? thanks

Troppo

Hi Troppo
what you're doing is fine, however just keep in mind what dpi you will be printing at.

An 8" x 10" print @ 300dpi will have the dimensions of 2400px X 3000px
The same sized print at 200dpi will need to be 1600px X 2000px

As you can see, quite a big difference. Depending on where you are printing, and the specifications required (eg. a home printer or from a Lab), your sizing will need to reflect the appropriate dpi.

Basically, the formula to work this out is inches x dpi

Hope this is helpful

Troppo

After some help from Dave on cropping I'm now may hundreds of dollars poorer ... lol. Actually the wife birthday pressie for this Sunday is a 10 x 15 framed pic of our kids. So becarefull mastering cropping it will cost you $$$

Thanx gain Dave.

Hudo wrote:Troppo

After some help from Dave on cropping I'm now may hundreds of dollars poorer ... lol. Actually the wife birthday pressie for this Sunday is a 10 x 15 framed pic of our kids. So becarefull mastering cropping it will cost you $$$

Thanx gain Dave.

perhaps on your birthday, you can remind her of the hundreds of $'s you spent on her, and hand over your wishlist from Birdy

Dave,

Great minds think a like... My birthday was on Monday hehehe the 80~400VR has been ordered

Mark

Thank folks, i have tried most of the methods and leart heaps.

Dave, i also understand more about the relationship between the size and pixels thanks to your explanation.

So much to learn.

Troppo