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Hi,

I'm trying to use the crop tool, and no matter what I try, I can't seem to get the item to crop. I have a jpg file, that i want to crop to 750px x 500px. So i created a custom crop with those dimensions. I then selected the area i wanted to be cropped, and hit apply (i also tried enter) and tho the image cropped, it remained at the original dimensions (which were around 2400px wide). What am i doing wrong? I've attached a video showing what i'm doing, and what's going wrong.

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You want to resize the picture to new absolute dimensions and should choose Absolute Size from the Mode in Cropping. Fill in the with, height, units and dpi.   and your image will resize to those measurements. 

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Hi khadley and Welcome to the Forums,

@Blinsky is correct with his advice.

One thing i notice from the screen recording, you are running an older version of Affinity Photo and you should have an update to install, which you can download from here

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I tried to figure this out on my own. I need to work in inches andI want that to be the default for cropping. I discovered I don't have Absolute Size in my menu for cropping. It's Resample, which allows the same thing. Using latest beta on a Mac.

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7 hours ago, denjes2 said:

I don't have Absolute Size in my menu

Take a closer look to the menu in the lower section around your custom 700. There are pairs of numbers separated by  :  and others are separated by  x  (and have px or " behind the numbers).

The : marks a ratio. The ratio is no size at all but only a relation between width & height. A square has a ratio of 1 : 1, means if the height is 1 then the width is 1, too. But a square also can be named with a ratio of 2 : 2 or even 700 : 700. The point is the relation between the two values, regardless of their size (high or low number).

The x in the other pair of numbers in your menu says for instance 1024px  x 768px. This is a concrete, Absolute Dimension, in unit pixels (px). Such is what you are looking for to create ...

2110605228_photomenucrop.jpg.39c18acdb00d838d86b00191b1370c0e.jpg

 

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20 minutes ago, thomaso said:

Take a closer look to the menu in the lower section around your custom 700. There are pairs of numbers separated by  :  and others are separated by  x  (and have px or " behind the numbers).

The : marks a ratio. The ratio is no size at all but only a relation between width & height. A square has a ratio of 1 : 1, means if the height is 1 then the width is 1, too. But a square also can be named with a ratio of 2 : 2 or even 700 : 700. The point is the relation between the two values, regardless of their size (high or low number).

The x in the other pair of numbers in your menu says for instance 1024px  x 768px. This is a concrete, Absolute Dimension, in unit pixels (px). Such is what you are looking for to create ...

2110605228_photomenucrop.jpg.39c18acdb00d838d86b00191b1370c0e.jpg

 

That's a 1.6 pulldown, isn't it?

The question from @denjes2 is about 1.7, where the options and display are different.

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Oh, sorry, my screenshot was from the OP's video above – when answering I haven't been aware that the second request wasn't from the same person.

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