usgco Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I have always use Photoshop for cropping to a specific size as its super each in Photoshop , Now I wanted to give Affinity a try but to my big surprise that is not possible or is there something I dont understand? Let say I have a photo that is 2346 x 4567 pixel and I want to crop a part of that photo to 850 x 850 pixel so the outcome will be 850 x 850 pixel. Will that be possible ?? I have tried but I can only crop the photo to 850 x 850 but the outcome will be the original size pixel and not 850 x 850 pixel as I need and I dont what to resize the photo after the crop as it will take way to long to do when doing many photos a day Hope its possible, otherwise I have to say goodbye to Affinity and stay with Photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 10, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 10, 2019 Hi usgco When cropping in Affinity Photo set the Mode on the Context Toolbar to Resample and then input the required size, in your case 850 x 850. This will ensure that no matter the physical size of the crop area, the cropped image will always be the pixel size you've just set. I hope this helps! Alfred and usgco 1 1 Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usgco Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Hi Dan Fantastic, just what I needed, thanks for helping out Dan C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Can someone explain what the original problem was please? I have a feeling that I’m missing some important information that might be useful later. Specifically, when I crop a large image down (with Mode: Unconstrained) I seem to get an image sized as expected, so I can’t see what the problem is. Also, (see attached video), and it’s probably related, why do I get (apparently) different-sized crop boxes for the two different modes? There's probably a very simple reason for this that I'm just not seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 1 minute ago, GarryP said: Can someone explain what the original problem was please? With an Unconstrained crop, if you select an 850 by 850px area of your picture, that's exactly what you get. With Photoshop (as the OP was using) or with the Resample crop (new in 1.7 for Affinity) you could select, e.g., a 500 by 500px area of your picture, but have it end up as 850 by 850px. Affinity will first crop to the pixels you have selected, then resize and resample that group of pixels to make the final image size you specified. Alfred, Dan C and GarryP 2 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted October 10, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 10, 2019 10 minutes ago, GarryP said: Specifically, when I crop a large image down (with Mode: Unconstrained) I seem to get an image sized as expected, so I can’t see what the problem is. When using Unconstrained you can input a crop size as you've shown, however you can't change the crop size and still have the same pixel size as the outcome. Using Resample means you can choose how much of your image is cropped, and regardless of how much of the image is chosen, the outcome will always be a specific pixel size. 9 minutes ago, GarryP said: Also, (see attached video), and it’s probably related, why do I get (apparently) different-sized crop boxes for the two different modes? This is already logged with our developers to be investigated GarryP and Alfred 1 1 Quote Please Note: I am now out of the office until Tuesday 2nd April on annual leave. If you require urgent assistance, please create a new thread and a member of our team will be sure to assist asap. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Thanks to Walt and Dan both. That looks like an interesting function that will probably come in useful some time (if I remember it). Another little gem that’s been brought to the surface. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzi Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 10/10/2019 at 2:00 PM, GarryP said: Can someone explain what the original problem was please? I have a feeling that I’m missing some important information that might be useful later. Specifically, when I crop a large image down (with Mode: Unconstrained) I seem to get an image sized as expected, so I can’t see what the problem is. Also, (see attached video), and it’s probably related, why do I get (apparently) different-sized crop boxes for the two different modes? There's probably a very simple reason for this that I'm just not seeing. Hallo GearryP, How did you do this video? This is a much better option than having to create a separate image for each step or result. Gruß Guzzi Quote Windows 10 Prof.; Affinity Photo 1.7.3.481, Beta 1.8.0.532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Guzzi, the video is a simple GIF created using LICEcap https://www.cockos.com/licecap/ It is very easy to use but does not have many features. Also, file sizes can be large for long recording times and colours sometimes don't look very nice. However, it's generally good enough for what I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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