More 2:3 ratio picture taking on Dig. Cameras?

[Wayne Larmon]

I can't believe there's no easy way to crop to a standard aspect
ratio. I'm certain Photo Shop and Photo Shop Elements can do
something like this:

You select a crop rectangle that is a standard ratio (say 4:6),
then you grab a corner of the rectangle to size it the way you
want, or you grab the center of the recatangle to move it around.
Since I don't use Photo Shop, I can tell you the key strokes, but
Paint Shop Pro does it, and the software I downloaded from Ofoto
also does it - it's not rocket science.

For Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, when you choose the crop tool, boxes appear on the 2nd menu bar with spaces to enter the dimensions you want to crop to. So, if you wanted to crop to 4x6, you'd enter "4" in the width box (and make sure that "inches" was selected) and "6" in the height box. If you also wanted to resample immediatly after cropping, you'd put a number in the Resolution box. i.e., "300" for 300 PPI.

Wayne Larmon

 

[SWVodrey]

I put in an order for a 4" x 5.33" photo. Whether or not I will think it is an

improvement remains to be seen, since the actual photo I'll put in
an album is 2/3rds of an inch shorter than 4 x 6. At least the
entire image from my camera will be visible. >
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The update: I like the new size and ability to get photos without any cropping whatsoever. It doesn't look that much smaller than the 4x6 size, it fits vertically better than 4x6, and it uses the entire image I take. For those of us who mainly get 4x6 or 3.5x5 size photos, it is wonderful. Once I use up the 3.5x5 and the 4x6 bulk photos I purchased on dotphoto, I will be switching to the 4xD (4"x5.3") size.

avid amateur