Changing aspect ratio

[daveb2]

I shoot with a camera with a fixed 3:2 aspect ratio. This leads to a file size of 6000x4000 pixels at 300 DPI. 

A 3:2 aspect ratio provides the following size prints: 4x6, 6x9, 8x12, 10x15, 12x18, 16x24, and so on.

It appears AP uses Height x Width, not W x H. Is this accurate? Various sources state it is Width x Height.  is the issue decided by location, UK/Europe vs USA? 

Is there a way to obtain an any other size print without smashing the photo in either Height or width? 

Thanks.

[R C-R]

54 minutes ago, daveb2 said:

It appears AP uses Height x Width, not W x H. Is this accurate?

Are you asking about the orientation (portrait vs. landscape) buttons in the new document window, entering page width & page height directly in that window, or something else?

[daveb2]

I guess I am talking about Portrait vs Landscape. 

But a 3:2 aspect ratio provides the following size prints: 4x6, 6x9, 8x12, 10x15, 12x18, 16x24, and so on.

Lets say I chose to print a 8x12 photo. In AP if I resize the document to be 8x12 it looks like the attachment, squashed together.

In AP if I enter it as 12x8 it appears correct.

How can I print an 8x12? I don't think I can.

I hope this clarifies  my problem. I suspect I may have confused things further. 

Thanks

[PaulEC]

If you have a landscape format picture and want to print it as portrait then the only way to do it (if you don't want it distorted!) is to crop it.

 

[Old Bruce]

9 hours ago, daveb2 said:

guess I am talking about Portrait vs Landscape. 

But a 3:2 aspect ratio provides the following size prints: 4x6, 6x9, 8x12, 10x15, 12x18, 16x24, and so on.

Actually a 3:2 aspect ratio gives 6 x 4, not 4 x 6. Whether that is  h x w is immaterial. Here in North  America we talk of lumber dimensions as 2 x 4 and in the UK (I have been told) the dimensions are given as 4 x 2.