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Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/29/2009 08:32:39 PM · #1

I am trying to get my image to a 1.25:1 aspect ration but every time I do it stretches it too much and distorts the image. Currently the image width is 2027 and the height is 3000. I know I can go to 2400 with the width but it makes the image distorted. What else can I do? I am having a hard time trying to get my images to an 8 X 10 size lately. My camera's highest setting is 3008 X 2000.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

06/29/2009 08:41:59 PM · #2

Originally posted by SEG:

What PP software are you using to crop your image?

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

06/29/2009 08:44:47 PM · #3

I just have Photoshop

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

06/29/2009 08:58:48 PM · #4

With you photograph displayed. Click on the Crop tool in the left-side quick tool pallet. At the top of the page you will see three boxes; width, height, and resolution. In the width box put 8 in and in the height box put 10 in. Make sure you put in (stands for inches) because if you don't it will fault to pixels. Leave the resolution box blank.

Now starting at the top left of you photo drag the crop tool over the complete picture or until it get to the bottom or side; whichever comes first. It may or may not cutoff some of the image depending on your original ratio. You will now have a transparent box over your image. Double click and it will set the image to an 8x10" portrait. If you want it to be landscape just click the arrows in between the width and height box and it will switch it to 10x8.

You can put any numbers in the boxes. Now click the image tab at top and go to image size. You will see that it has set your photo 8x10 and will tell you the resolution (pix/in). Anything above 150 is good.

Now if you are doing that and its not printing correctly make sure you don't have your printer set to resizing the image based on the size of your paper. This can also be done in photoshop so when you go to print make sure scale to media is NOT checked.
Hope this helps.
Scott

Message edited by author 2009-06-29 21:00:45.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

06/29/2009 09:04:34 PM · #5

That helps a lot. Thanks

scope

Nikon D700

06/29/2009 09:30:46 PM · #6

The short answer: it sounds like you're scaling the image into 8x10 instead of cropping. If you haven't chopped off anything, you haven't changed the aspect ratio.

Tez

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

06/30/2009 12:31:35 AM · #7

or image size to 3000x2400= 8x10 on almost every commercial printer.

you can make a new document to these dimensions,copy and paste yours over the top where you'd like it and then flatten the image.

Or, Lightroom has an aspect ratio thing where you can do everything in there.