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03/22/2005 07:12:11 PM · #1 |
Greetings...
I was thinking about something today as I was working on my Photo-A-Day mosaic poster. This poster will be composed of mostly 1"x1" square images that are crops from my photo-a-day shots. Since I normally compose for the 1.5:1 ratio of my camera, turning some of these photos into squares is not always easy. However, I have manged to find some interesting compositions by cropping.
Exercise:
Choose a few of your photos that you feel are you best works and properly composed. Crop them to half their original size. For instance, if your image is 3000x2000 pixels in its original form, make a 1500x1000 pixel crop from that image and try to create an interesting composition. You may be surprised at the results... |
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03/22/2005 07:40:02 PM · #2 |
Wouldn't that reduce the image size to 25% of the original and not half?
Message edited by author 2005-03-22 19:40:26.
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03/22/2005 07:52:59 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Wouldn't that reduce the image size to 25% of the original and not half? |
Yup... The area would be reduced to 25% but the length dimensions would each be half of their original length. |
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03/22/2005 07:53:00 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
Wouldn't that reduce the image size to 25% of the original and not half? |
Yes, but I think he meant to crop in half in each dimension. Sounds like fun.
But why don't we try it with a "standard set" like our top four photos, not those we now think would benefit from cropping. |
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03/22/2005 07:54:13 PM · #5 |
ok, i am pleading "stupid". How do i do this?
Lisa
Thanks for being patient
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03/22/2005 08:03:46 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by lentil:
ok, i am pleading "stupid". How do i do this?
Lisa
Thanks for being patient |
To use the example size that John used originally, if the photo is 3000x2000, here's how to do in in PS:
- Select the rectangular marquee tool
- From the drop-down, select "fixed size"
- Set the dimensions to 1500px by 1000px
- Click anywhere, a box that size will appear
- Click/drag within the box to move it around
You can also use the crop tool, and then you can rotate the box as well. The sizing ioptions are not as intuitive as with the rectangular marquee tool, for some reason that is beyond me.
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03/22/2005 08:05:03 PM · #7 |
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03/22/2005 08:09:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
You can also use the crop tool, and then you can rotate the box as well. The sizing ioptions are not as intuitive as with the rectangular marquee tool, for some reason that is beyond me. |
That's because the crop tool has the ability to also resample the image to the specified size in the same step. But you'd think they could give you the option of cropping to or resampling to a fixed size -- a check-box under the tool options should do it. |
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03/22/2005 08:14:34 PM · #9 |
There's a fabulous example in the work of Andre Kertesz, somewhere ... pause while I google it ...
... well, I can't immediately find the full frame shot. Suffice to say that it's a fairly standard shot of him with his wife: Kertesz standing, Anna sitting, his right arm around her shoulder; eventually, he cropped it to:
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03/22/2005 08:14:59 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by lentil:
ok, i am pleading "stupid". How do i do this?
Lisa
Thanks for being patient |
To use the example size that John used originally, if the photo is 3000x2000, here's how to do in in PS:
- Select the rectangular marquee tool
- From the drop-down, select "fixed size"
- Set the dimensions to 1500px by 1000px
- Click anywhere, a box that size will appear
- Click/drag within the box to move it around
You can also use the crop tool, and then you can rotate the box as well. The sizing ioptions are not as intuitive as with the rectangular marquee tool, for some reason that is beyond me. |
I have done all that, i have the box over a part i want, how do i select the part i want?
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03/22/2005 08:25:51 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by lentil:
I have done all that, i have the box over a part i want, how do i select the part i want? |
U can copy that selection and past it onto a new document!
that's what I'd do
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03/22/2005 08:29:26 PM · #12 |
Or when the box is where you want it, just do Image>crop. Done.
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03/22/2005 08:44:48 PM · #13 |
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Anything like this?
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03/22/2005 11:54:00 PM · #14 |
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03/22/2005 11:57:41 PM · #15 |
Darn, I just looked at my top four photos, and I don't think they'd do much for this exercise : (
Maybe I should look for my four lowest-scoring photos ... |
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