Crop and print

[eddietheone]

HI all

I would like to be able when cropping a photo to have a way of cropping it to fit the paper I am going to print on. At present I can only do this by cropping to what I judge to be about right, then going to the print box seeing the result, and then going back to re crop edges etc to get it to fill the print box properly. Unless there is a way to do this that I cannot find could this be done as I would find it an absolute boon and time saver.

Of course if there is a way to do this I would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction.

Cheers Edward

[PaulEC]

Use the Resample option with the Crop Tool, setting the size of paper that you want. (You can save this as a preset, if you wish.)

[Alfred]

Create a new document at the desired print size, and then place your photo in that document. After you resize and/or reposition the placed image, only the part that is visible on the canvas will be output when you print or export.

[RichardMH]

There are crop presets for some paper sizes. I print A4 and A3 using them. I think for A3+ I have to specify the size. It's easy enough to set up your own presets.

[eddietheone]

Thanks to all of you for your imput

Paul

I do not know what you mean by the resample option but I will look into it later to see if I can understand it a bit better

Alfred

Cheers I never thought of that but I can see how that would work. A couple of steps so to speak but I would get it right first time which is the bonus I am looking for.

Richard

If the crop presets are the options that are under the driver options in the print dialog box then that is what I use and where the problem is. For example I crop a photo to what I want. Go to the print select the size and then select fit to printable and that is where the problem is as it is either to narrow or to short to fit exactly so then back to the photo to crop a bit more etc to get it to fit. If i have misunderstood your comment then sorry please put me straight. I just want to crop a photo with the crop tool to exactly fit for example a 5" * 3"  or a 10" * 8"  before I go to the print option.

Once again everyone many thanks for taking the time to answer my question. Much appreciated.

Edward

[PaulEC]

20 minutes ago, eddietheone said:

I do not know what you mean by the resample option but I will look into it later to see if I can understand it a bit better

 

[eddietheone]

Thankyou Paul I shall be playing with that later today or tomorrow. Cheers Edward

[RichardMH]

I don't print from Photo but prepare a file of the right size and print from another app. Try using the Crop Tool from the tools menu rather than in Print. 

[eddietheone]

Thanks Richard I will give this a go later today time permitting. I have tried searching the help section but it is difficult to find infomation unless you know the exact title of the info you want it seems to me. Never find the help section a really great help to be honest. Ok for very general stuff. But looks like I can do what I want to do now thanks to the members of this forum which will really help me speed up my projects for which I am very grateful. Cheers Edward

[eddietheone]

23 hours ago, eddietheone said:

Thankyou Paul I shall be playing with that later today or tomorrow. Cheers Edward

I  had a go Paul last night and I see how that works. That is a neat idea and looks like it may well be a solution I can use. Thank you again. Along with Richard and Alberts help I should be able to achieve my aim to be able to print out quickly and save a lot of time. Thanks again Edward