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BMOUTZ
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March 25, 2018
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cropping and maintaining full image

  • March 25, 2018
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So..... We have run into a slight glitch. I am sitting here racking my brain on cropping and printing. I want to give a client her images with a print release, however I don't want them to have any cropping issues when they go to print them. I have found that I am unable to export my edits from photoshop or LRCC and print them without having to crop away some of the image. If I remove the constraints then my image becomes distorted. Lets say I give her the edits I want her to be able to goto say a local printlab (pharmacy/boxstore) and make and 8x10,5x7,4x6 without having to crop them down. Is there a way to get around this? Has anyone else run into this issue and if so can you please share your solution.

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Little_Pale_Face
Little_Pale_Face
Inspiring
March 25, 2018

Hi,

This is the Photoshop Elements forum - did you mean to post in the Photoshop or Lightroom forums?

A quick answer to your question is that they are all different aspect ratios. You can not contain all the image in all three case without getting distortion.

In a way, the best approach would be to produce three sets, one for each size and you would have to crop accordingly.

Brian

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BMOUTZAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 26, 2018

no i have elements and it doesnt matter whether I run it in any of the adobe products which im running elements 18 ps and lrcc but the cropping issue exists in all three due to the aspect ratio and old 35mm sizing. i was just hoping there may be a work around so i dont loose my images that are tightly cropped at creation

but thank you for answering

hatstead
hatstead
Inspiring
March 26, 2018

i was just hoping there may be a work around so i dont loose my images that are tightly cropped at creation

You can make a "canvas", let's say  5x7 or 4x6, via File>new>blank file

Then copy/paste the "tightly cropped" image(s) on to the canvas, and center the image(s) with the move tool.

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