CedarHouse Posted June 17, 2019 Posted June 17, 2019 The absolute crop is still only providing a crop to the entire area of a camera image. If one had a full frame camera of say 7360px by 4912px and at a DPI of 300 then the image size should be 24.53 inches by 16.37 inches. But the user wants to crop the image to a specific dimension in both width and height for a specific effect. Say we want 14.5 inches wide by 10 inches high to be selected from a part of the full frame image that was 24.53 inches by 16.37 inches. then how does one do this in Affinity Photo. One does not want the whole area of the image only a sized part image of the whole. One could also want to achieve a narrow letterbox effect of say 16 inches wide by 7 inches high and to be selected from a part of the original larger image that is from the camera pixel size of 7360px by 4912px (24.53 inches by 16.376 inches). At this time the absolute crop only permits a change in the height regardless of what dimensions are entered. Version 1.7 on Windows 10. Affinity Photo 1.7.1.404. Check with PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) largest mount size for printed image is 500mm by 400mm (50cm by 50cm). Many mount printed images with a 6cm to 6.5cm border around the perimeter. Ending with a finished image after printing of 37cm by 27cm (14.5 inches by 10.6 inches) and in some cases this may be finished as a narrow letterbox image or a square format image. Quote
CedarHouse Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 (edited) Quote from PAGB entries for Masters of Print. April 2018. Page 2 of 5. Section 2.4 Prints - Each print shall be on A3 paper (420 by 297mm) and unmounted, with the image not exceeding 400 by 280mm (landscape orientation) or 280mm by 400mm (portrait orientation) or 2800 by 2800mm (square format). Darkroom prints may be entered on 16 x 12inch paper, with the same maximum image sizes. So far in the updates of 1.7 Affinity Photo I cannot see how this can be achieved with large camera images. Sorry hurrying through typing and read the wrong sheet 350mm by 350mm was a mis-print in typing - should be 280mm by 280mm. Edited June 18, 2019 by CedarHouse Mis-print of square format size Quote
PaulEC Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 15 hours ago, CedarHouse said: Each print shall be on A3 paper (420 by 297mm) and unmounted, with the image not exceeding 400 by 280mm (landscape orientation) or 280mm by 400mm (portrait orientation) or 350 by 350mm (square format). So, how do you put an image 350mm square on paper only 297mm wide? Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 11 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad "Beware of false knowledge, it is more dangerous than ignorance." (GBS)
CedarHouse Posted June 18, 2019 Author Posted June 18, 2019 Tried various methods and think I can get used to the new way of doing a crop to a specific size. Initially the crop grid fills the entire area of the image. Set the size I require, then move the crop grid using the grips to where I want the grid to be. Move the grid around a bit to select the portion of the image I would like and then press enter and the crop is to the size I require, (which is the confusing bit). When I then select the image I have cropped, copy the selection and then paste to an A3 background/canvas. The sizes are what I want to achieve from a part of the print but just do not understand why it works. There is no link now between Document Resize and the crop grid size. When I press the crop tool to open it fills the entire area of the print, but shows a very large dimension in the top bar if the Document Resize box is set at 72DPI or 96 DPI. In 1.6 I could just change the Document Resize to 300 DPI and then the crop tool would display the changed size, but this does not happen in 1.7. So need to cancel the crop and then return by again clicking the crop tool to re-open the crop grid and then the bar shows the size correctly at 300DPI. I am comparing a laptop version using 1.6 with a PC using 1.7 to see what the differences are in the crop tool method of working. Both Windows 10 but different version of Affinity Photo. Will keep the laptop on 1.6 so any problems with 1.7 I can use the laptop and copy files to the PC when I need to. Quote
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