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TheRealMrFish

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I am using a Fuji S2 Pro to take photos and then loading them into Photoshop 7.0
I want to be able to crop the photos down to a standard size such as 5x7, but would like to be able to move the cropping box around till i decide where the best place to crop is.

I cannot see an option to let me select a standard size using the cropping tool. Any suggestions?
 
When you select the crop tool, look at the options bar. You can enter in fixed dimensions for the width, height and resolution. For example, type 5 in for 5 inches - if you don't specify units, Photoshop will use whatever is set in preferences. You should be able to move, resize and transform the crop area in any way you like.
 
You might be interested in Scott Kelby's book "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers." He shows you how to set up permanent crops to whatever size you want, plus many more invaluable tricks.
 
"but would like to be able to move the cropping box around till i decide where the best place to crop is."

......?....just click and drag with the crop tool and then resize the box to any postition/size u like.

Tip: If u use Navigator window and zoom-in u will get better-more precise cropping abbility
 
Regarding the solution from blueark:

Ok, this leaves an image of the requested size, but to obtain it, PS resamples the crop area.
By entering the x and y values in the options bar, PS basically contrains the crop area to the requested ratio, but not size. Is there any way to obtain a crop area of a specified size WITHOUT resampling?
I want, just as an example, a 2272*1623 selection of a 2272*1704 pic, not a smaller selection enlarged to this size. (This is to adjust the ratio of a 4:3 photo to a 21:15 print, so I basically loose a small portion but I want to choose where)
Any help or alternatives? I know it's been a while since the last post to this
 
To avoid resampling do not increase resolution or increase the size in pixels from the original.

In other words if you have an original image 2272*1623 @ 300ppi (7.573 inches by 5.41 inches) and you crop that image to 7x5 @ 300 ppi photoshop will not resample the image, it will simply discard the extra information.

Conversely if you crop the same image to 10x8 @300 photoshop has to resample to "fill in the blanks". In this example you should instead choose to decrease the file size. Crop to 5x4 @300ppi. This will give you the correct proportion for you 8x10. One way to get the 8x10 from there is to simply increase the print size in page setup.

You could also crop to 10x8 but decrease resolution to compensate. An example would be to crop to 10x8 and decrease resolution to 150ppi.

Both of the examples above assume you are not trying to do a tight crop of the original image.

Upshot here is there are way to many variables on what you could/could not do. For more detailed info you should look into the book above or the Photoshop Bible - Deke McClellan.

Good luck.
Good luck.



Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!
 
or; Use the rectangular selection tool - with 0 px Feathering - select 'Style-Fixed Size', type in the size you want, and then move it around to the desired location, then go to Image>Crop.

Moe: It could have been a real ugly situation, but luckily I managed to shoot him in the spine.
 
My method is longer but it's what I do:

Choose Rectangular marquee and draw a rectangle roughly the size you wish.

Rt mouse inside box and choose transform selection

Right mouse click the Width box, change to inches and type in the width you want, do the same for Hight.
Or you may resize by draging a corner anchor point.

Click and drag the box to it's final location and hit Enter key.

Click image > crop
Click selection > De-select


 
Barehug: That was what I was looking for; in fact, I must admit I'm a bit embarassed at how simple it turned out to be... hehe. Thanks!

Thank you all too for your quick answers!
 
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