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08/08/2009 01:32:50 PM · #1 |
If you have an image that is cropped at 16 x 10 and the client wants that image in an 11 x 14 but doesn't understand that some of the image will be cut off because of the ratio, how do you explain that to them... Other then saying, some of the image will be cut off.. lol..
In her mind, we should just be able to make an image smaller and all of it still appear... I need to tell her to keep it at 16 x 10 or something equivelant to that ratio otherwise I'm going to have to crop off the majority of the top of the image..
Or...... Am I doing something wrong here.. Cause, I can't make this image 11 x 14 when resizing it, all I can do is crop it to that size and then obviously the image is not the exact same as before...
Help me out here.. :-).. Thank you !!! |
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08/08/2009 01:36:24 PM · #2 |
You could tell the client that the shortest side is 10 inches now and the longest side is 16. If the shortest side is increased to 11 then the longest side would also have to increase to include everything seen in the 16 by 10.
You could also create a template that has an 11 x 14 window and place it over the 16 x 10 image to show her what it would look like. |
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08/08/2009 01:40:15 PM · #3 |
make some cardboard cutouts, show her how she'll either have area cropped off, or have blank border space showing. Alternatively, use an explanation using a radical example, something like this:
Think about making a circle the right size to fit inside a square; in order to make it fit completely inside, you'll have some of the square showing in the corners... or if you make it fill the entire square, some of the circle will stick out and get cut off. Because the current size and your requested size are two different shapes, one more square and one more rectangular, the same thing will happen.
Edited for clarity
Message edited by author 2009-08-08 13:42:42. |
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08/08/2009 01:50:15 PM · #4 |
Perhaps by demontrating? Here's a 16x11 aspect ratio image with an 11x14 crop box showing over it.
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08/08/2009 01:56:45 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
You could tell the client that the shortest side is 10 inches now and the longest side is 16. If the shortest side is increased to 11 then the longest side would also have to increase to include everything seen in the 16 by 10.
You could also create a template that has an 11 x 14 window and place it over the 16 x 10 image to show her what it would look like. |
Yeah, do that. And also make a stretched/compressed out of proportion print to show how goofy it would look if you didn't crop. That should do it. |
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08/08/2009 02:02:08 PM · #6 |
| Add a thick border to the 16 by 10, crop the 11 by 14 out of the borderâ€Â¦Ă˘€Â¦. Sellâ€Â¦ |
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08/10/2009 07:44:55 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by alans_world:
Add a thick border to the 16 by 10, crop the 11 by 14 out of the borderâ€Â¦Ă˘€Â¦. Sellâ€Â¦ |
Sell! I like that word and the customer is happy.
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08/10/2009 08:14:41 AM · #8 |
just asking 'cos I don't understand why you picked the 16x10 aspect ratio? for display on a monitor?
Message edited by author 2009-08-10 09:07:57. |
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08/10/2009 12:32:36 PM · #9 |
Maybe my help page will help.
//micknewton.smugmug.com/gallery/5629811_ktrrX/
Click on the "Print size and aspect ratio" link to expand and view the information.
There's also a "To crop or not?" section.
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08/10/2009 02:59:47 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
just asking 'cos I don't understand why you picked the 16x10 aspect ratio? for display on a monitor? |
Have to admit I'm a little curious about this as well - unless it's some kind of a pano..16x10 seems an odd crop for a client.
Message edited by author 2009-08-10 15:00:01. |
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08/10/2009 04:14:00 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Mick:
Maybe my help page will help.
//micknewton.smugmug.com/gallery/5629811_ktrrX/
Click on the "Print size and aspect ratio" link to expand and view the information.
There's also a "To crop or not?" section. |
Fixing links :)
//micknewton.smugmug.com/gallery/5629811_ktrrX/
Print Size and aspect ratio
To Crop or Not
I second  David Ey's suggestion that you show how messed up it looks if you don't do what  Mick and others have suggested. |
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08/10/2009 09:52:05 PM · #12 |
Thanks for the help Derek! :)
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