Crop Issue

Question

I know I was able to do this before, but:

I need to crop an image to a certain aspect ratio, but also need to change the proportions by unchecking 'constrain proportions.'

If I crop first, I can't seem to further edit the image; even if I uncheck 'delete cropped pixels', to fit the image into this new crop, it seems the deleted pixels are not available anymore.

Is there a way to do this without going back and forth to check if the crop size is correct?

Trevor.Dennis · Accepted Answer

If you are wanting to change proportions as well as aspect ratio, then take a look at Edit > Content Aware Scale. That will let you keep the important image elements as they should be, while changing spacing etc.

So if I want to change this nearer to square, or even into a portrait mode, I first select the elements I want to protect, and save that selection. (I'm in Quick Mask below)

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I then Select All (Ctrl A) and use Edit > Content Aware Scale, and in the Options bar use the Protect Dropdown and choose People (which is what I named the selection I saved.

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You can drag either the sides, or top and/or bottom which will let you get rid of some of the less important image area. Note it has reduced the wee boy in the foreground just a tiny bit.

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D Fosse · Answer

It's simpler to do this with Image Size. Uncheck the contrain link, and check resample.

I'd recommend resizing in pixels first, keeping the long side as it is, and resizing only the short side. Then you have the correct aspect ratio and can determine final size later.

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