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08/10/2006 04:50:06 AM · #1 |
I have an image in landscape format. I want the subject to be framed in a portrait composition, though don't have enough image to be able to crop it.
If I add a new black background layer rotate the canvas, then rotate the whole image inside this canvas, I could achieve what I want as I would lose some of the edges of my image (Which I don't need) and would reveal some of the black background above/below the image, but would it be legal in basic? |
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08/10/2006 04:55:24 AM · #2 |
| the best thing to do is to submit a ticket to SC and ask them. |
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08/10/2006 05:25:04 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by pix-al:
I have an image in landscape format. I want the subject to be framed in a portrait composition, though don't have enough image to be able to crop it.
If I add a new black background layer rotate the canvas, then rotate the whole image inside this canvas, I could achieve what I want as I would lose some of the edges of my image (Which I don't need) and would reveal some of the black background above/below the image, but would it be legal in basic? |
Bold highlights what is not legal per the rules. Only adjustment layers are allowed under the basic editing rules -- that is, only layers without pixel data. The new background layer would contain pixel data.
Originally posted by Basic Editing Rules:
Layers: Only Adjustment Layers (or the non-Photoshop equivalent) may be used. An Adjustment Layer is one that does not contain any pixel data, but rather is a special, non-image layer that lets you experiment with color and tonal adjustments to an image without permanently modifying the pixels. ... |
Even under the advanced editing rules, what you describe would be dangerous at best and most likely only legal if used to add a border that is noticeably different than the background of the image.
David
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08/10/2006 05:38:50 AM · #4 |
Now you point that out David, it is glaringly obvious! Thanks.
I guess I'd better re-shoot my image to give me the space I need to crop! |
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08/10/2006 09:44:24 AM · #5 |
| For further clarification, David referred to this being a possible problem under Advanced as well, and he is correct. If the framing of the shot is changed by expanding the canvas with a color that blends with the background, it will be disqualified. It's OK to patch in a tiny bit on a corner that's clipped after cropping, but not to noticably change framing. This would fall under moving major elements (the entire image) or creating a major element (negative space). |
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