Image resizing help

[psmoore]

First off... THIS IS NOT MY IMAGE.  I found it in a google search.

 

My question is this.  There is too much headroom for my liking. Say I want to print this as an 8x10 with the girls head a lot closer to the top of the image how would I manage this in AP?  I understand this image won't do it, but if it was an image out of Canon 50d.  Just found a small image for an example.  Thanks.

Edited July 15, 2019 by psmoore
Added info on image

[walt.farrell]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @psmoore.

I would load it into Affinity Photo, select the Crop Tool, choose Absolute Size on the Context Toolbar, then specify 8in x 10in as the desired size, and the DPI you want. You will get a crop box in the proper proportion. Slide it down to align with the bottom of the image, and press Apply. The image will be cropped, resized, and resampled to end up at 8x10. The image I had to work with was tiny, so the the resampling and resizing to make it that big introduced artifacts, of course.

[psmoore]

Thanks for the reply.  I had gotten the part, but am wondering is there anyway to upsize the actual image prior to cropping so (as in the above image) she would fill more of the frame?  I hope I'm making sense.  Again, thanks!!!

Paul

Edited July 15, 2019 by psmoore

[walt.farrell]

Well, if you need to recompose the shot even more, then adjust the size of the crop box rather than just sliding it down. But to keep it 8x10, as you lose height (to get less sky above the figure) then you also lose width, and so as you make the crop box shorter you'll need to slide it to the left or you start losing the dress. But if you do that, you might get this:

[psmoore]

Thanks again.  Will try this when I get home today!  I really appreciate the help!

[psmoore]

@walt.farrell I tried your latest suggestions yesterday and I couldn't get it to work.  Looked at it again and read more carefully and it worked just like I was hoping.  Thanks for the help, it's much appreciated!