Computer Graphics with Photoshop - crop pictures

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crop pictures - with a slight difference

isanders@ozemail.com.au

2006-08-30, 6:17 am

Hi guys,

I need to crop a couple of hundred photos to 260 x 112 px - but I'm
only looking at taking a selection of the pic, and not the whole
lot....

I'm looking to set a default size on the crop tool (which Photoshop
sortof says it can do it, but I haven't figured out how)

Also, the pic will need to be resized bigger or smaller, depending
which bit I want to chop out - I want to do this easily, and the Zoom
In and Zoom Out work just fine for this - except that the crop tool
obviously resizes accordingly.

I guess at the end of the day, looking for a key sequence to zoom in
and out, while whatever the crop tool takes out of that is 260 x 112

Hoping I've made some sense ;-)

Johan W. Elzenga

2006-08-30, 6:17 am

<isanders@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I need to crop a couple of hundred photos to 260 x 112 px - but I'm
> only looking at taking a selection of the pic, and not the whole
> lot....
>
> I'm looking to set a default size on the crop tool (which Photoshop
> sortof says it can do it, but I haven't figured out how)
>
> Also, the pic will need to be resized bigger or smaller, depending
> which bit I want to chop out - I want to do this easily, and the Zoom
> In and Zoom Out work just fine for this - except that the crop tool
> obviously resizes accordingly.
>
> I guess at the end of the day, looking for a key sequence to zoom in
> and out, while whatever the crop tool takes out of that is 260 x 112
>
> Hoping I've made some sense ;-)

The zoom tool has nothing to do with cropping. All it does is show your
picture on screen bigger or smaller.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

isanders@ozemail.com.au

2006-08-30, 6:17 am

Hi Johan - I'm with that - I was just describing the ease of use (Ctl +
or -), and the visual effect (picture gets bigger or smaller), as being
the ease of resize that I was looking for. (- as well as being able to
preset the crop size so I get the same size each time..

Cheers

Ivan

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:
> <isanders@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
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>
> The zoom tool has nothing to do with cropping. All it does is show your
> picture on screen bigger or smaller.
>
>
> --
> Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
> Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

Kingdom

2006-08-30, 6:17 pm

isanders@ozemail.com.au wrote in news:1156927713.461561.14230@
74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

> Hi guys,
>
> I need to crop a couple of hundred photos to 260 x 112 px - but I'm
> only looking at taking a selection of the pic, and not the whole
> lot....
>
> I'm looking to set a default size on the crop tool (which Photoshop
> sortof says it can do it, but I haven't figured out how)
>
> Also, the pic will need to be resized bigger or smaller, depending
> which bit I want to chop out - I want to do this easily, and the Zoom
> In and Zoom Out work just fine for this - except that the crop tool
> obviously resizes accordingly.
>
> I guess at the end of the day, looking for a key sequence to zoom in
> and out, while whatever the crop tool takes out of that is 260 x 112
>
> Hoping I've made some sense ;-)
>

I think your best bet would be to create a new image 260 x 112. Then set
up an action to paste every image into it as a new layer (momory
permitting if not drag them in) then manualy go through them layer at a
time moving the layer image around to suit resizing with the transform
tool, save then switch that layer off to reaveal the next one etc.

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Johan W. Elzenga

2006-08-30, 6:17 pm

<isanders@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> Hi Johan - I'm with that - I was just describing the ease of use (Ctl +
> or -), and the visual effect (picture gets bigger or smaller), as being
> the ease of resize that I was looking for. (- as well as being able to
> preset the crop size so I get the same size each time..

Ok, I understand. What you can do is set the Crop Tool to '260 px' x
'112 px'. Then you just crop the part of the image you want. Photoshop
will automatically crop and resize the image the image to 260 x 112
pixels.

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

fotodewan

2006-08-30, 6:17 pm

Exactly. Setting image pixels in crop tool is a wonderful option and it
makes life so easy when you have to crop and resize lots of photos at
one time.

- Fotodewan
http://photos.raniasplace.com

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:
> <isanders@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, I understand. What you can do is set the Crop Tool to '260 px' x
> '112 px'. Then you just crop the part of the image you want. Photoshop
> will automatically crop and resize the image the image to 260 x 112
> pixels.
>
>
> --
> Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
> Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

John McWilliams

2006-08-30, 10:15 pm

Kingdom wrote:
> isanders@ozemail.com.au wrote in news:1156927713.461561.14230@
> 74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:
>
>
> I think your best bet would be to create a new image 260 x 112. Then set
> up an action to paste every image into it as a new layer (momory
> permitting if not drag them in) then manualy go through them layer at a
> time moving the layer image around to suit resizing with the transform
> tool, save then switch that layer off to reaveal the next one etc.
>

Er, no.
Unless one just likes complex "solutions" to a simple problem. Read
previous replies.
--
john mcwilliams

Kingdom

2006-08-31, 6:16 pm

John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote in
news:d9CdnXoNV6SSi2vZnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com:

> Kingdom wrote:
>
> Er, no.
> Unless one just likes complex "solutions" to a simple problem. Read
> previous replies.

Er, no.

Theres always one who fails to read the post then points out to others
that they should read the post!

As I understand it he requires to resise elements of the picture to fit
with inthe crop size area I.E. SHRINK OR ENLARGE the image but
maintaining the crop size!

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Roy G

2006-08-31, 6:17 pm

"Kingdom" <kingdomof@REMOVEXXXXXXXXXX> wrote in message
news:Xns983074C365C73kingdomofremovehotma@194.117.143.53...
> John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:d9CdnXoNV6SSi2vZnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>
> Er, no.
>
> Theres always one who fails to read the post then points out to others
> that they should read the post!
>
> As I understand it he requires to resise elements of the picture to fit
> with inthe crop size area I.E. SHRINK OR ENLARGE the image but
> maintaining the crop size!
>
> --

Sorry, but J. McWilliams is spot on with his response.

Setting the Crop Tool to 260 x112 pixels, will acheive exactly what the OP
wants, irrespective of what size of crop rectangle is used.

On cropping the selected area will automatically be resized, interpolated,
to 260 x112 pixels.

Roy G

Johan W. Elzenga

2006-08-31, 6:17 pm

Kingdom <kingdomof@REMOVEXXXXXXXXXX> wrote:

>
> Er, no.
>
> Theres always one who fails to read the post then points out to others
> that they should read the post!
>
> As I understand it he requires to resise elements of the picture to fit
> with inthe crop size area I.E. SHRINK OR ENLARGE the image but
> maintaining the crop size!

Er.. Before you claim something, it might be wise to actually try
yourself what happens if you set the crop tool to a certain size in
pixels, and then crop to something smaller. You would have known that
the crop tool cannot only crop and resize, but also interpolate to
enlarge if necessary. Whatever you do, if you set the crop tool to 260 x
112 px, that's what you'll get: 260 x 112 px.

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

FredEx

2006-08-31, 6:17 pm

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:34:33 +0200, nomail@please.invalid (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

>Kingdom <kingdomof@REMOVEXXXXXXXXXX> wrote:
>
>
>Er.. Before you claim something, it might be wise to actually try
>yourself what happens if you set the crop tool to a certain size in
>pixels, and then crop to something smaller. You would have known that
>the crop tool cannot only crop and resize, but also interpolate to
>enlarge if necessary. Whatever you do, if you set the crop tool to 260 x
>112 px, that's what you'll get: 260 x 112 px.

I'm glad this came up. I just had somebody ask me to do those actions
for them on a few dozen pictures greatly varying in original size and it
worked great. I was done in short order.

As you know, also using "in" for inches makes precisely cropping for
picture frame size easy too...not all frames are created equal, so I
measure them and adjust the cropping accordingly to be precise. Just a
tip for those learning.

--
FredEx

Johan W. Elzenga

2006-08-31, 6:17 pm

FredEx <fredex@frrodiss.us> wrote:

>
> I'm glad this came up. I just had somebody ask me to do those actions
> for them on a few dozen pictures greatly varying in original size and it
> worked great. I was done in short order.
>
> As you know, also using "in" for inches makes precisely cropping for
> picture frame size easy too...not all frames are created equal, so I
> measure them and adjust the cropping accordingly to be precise. Just a
> tip for those learning.

Do keep in mind that if you set the size in inches, that's what you'll
get: inches. That means that if most images are 300 ppi, but one image
happens to be 72 ppi, you're in for a nasty surprise... Do not only set
inches; set inches and resolution (or set pixels).

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

Boo Boo

2006-09-01, 6:19 am

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:18:52 +0200, nomail@please.invalid (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:

>FredEx <fredex@frrodiss.us> wrote:
>
>
>Do keep in mind that if you set the size in inches, that's what you'll
>get: inches. That means that if most images are 300 ppi, but one image
>happens to be 72 ppi, you're in for a nasty surprise... Do not only set
>inches; set inches and resolution (or set pixels).

OOPS, forgot to mention that.

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Boo Boo

Roy G

2006-09-01, 10:16 pm

"Johan W. Elzenga" <nomail@please.invalid> wrote in message
news:1hkygjp.t7giojzplakgN%nomail@please.invalid...
> FredEx <fredex@frrodiss.us> wrote:
>
>
> Do keep in mind that if you set the size in inches, that's what you'll
> get: inches. That means that if most images are 300 ppi, but one image
> happens to be 72 ppi, you're in for a nasty surprise... Do not only set
> inches; set inches and resolution (or set pixels).
>
>
> --
> Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
> Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

Not a problem, just a mild irritation, for sensible photographers, who would
be editing Copies.

Roy G

FredEx

2006-09-02, 3:16 am

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:02:51 GMT, "Roy G" <roy.gibson1@REMOVE.tesco.net>
wrote:

>Not a problem, just a mild irritation, for sensible photographers, who would
>be editing Copies.
>
>Roy G
>

Making copies and archiving the originals is the first thing I do.

--
FredEx

Johan W. Elzenga

2006-09-02, 6:16 am

Roy G <roy.gibson1@REMOVE.tesco.net> wrote:

> Not a problem, just a mild irritation, for sensible photographers, who would
> be editing Copies.

That's not the point. Of course you work with copies. The point is that
you can wait for the day you get a phone call from a client asking why
some of the images are so much smaller than the rest. That happens first
to those people who say it's not a problem and it never happens to them.

--
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl
Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl

Kingdom

2006-09-02, 6:16 pm

John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote in
news:d9CdnXoNV6SSi2vZnZ2dnUVZ_tmdnZ2d@comcast.com:

> Kingdom wrote:
>
> Er, no.
> Unless one just likes complex "solutions" to a simple problem. Read
> previous replies.

Appologies, my error

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attended to with diligence.
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