Image distorted after decreasing scale

[kayak107]

Unable to post cropped images to IG so I have decreased the scale using the uncropped image, a white border is produced around a smaller image and am then able to successfully post to IG.  Have been doing this for years without a problem.

Did this yesterday and this is what resulted. 

[dj_paige]

We don't know what you did. Please describe in detail, step-by-step, leaving nothing out. Also tell us what software you are using and the version NUMBER (and not words like "latest" or "up-to-date", we need the NUMBER). Also, I prefer you include your screen capture via the "Insert Photos" icon, and not as a file attachment, as I cannot download and view file attachments. Thanks.

[kayak107]

Sonoma 14.6.1  Working with the uncropped image in the develope module I move the SCALE slider to the left until the value is 69.  In the past this has resulted in a much smaller image with an equidisatant white border on all 4 sides.  I cannot figure out how to use the insert photos icon.

As per richarddplondon's suggestion -clicking the CONSTRAIN TO IMAGE solved the problem.

[richardplondon · Accepted solution]

the non-straight boundary of the image relates to a numerical transform or geometric lens correction. Normally this would get trimmed off by checking Constrain Crop.

I assume IG means Instagram. Why - specifically - do you say that you are "unable" to post cropped images?

Many people routinely do that.

[kayak107]

Your suggestion solved the problem.  Thank you.  yes IG = instagram.  yes you can post uncropped images to IG but what happens is that there is a white border on the top and sides of the image but not on the bottom. it looks weird.

So I posted the corrrected images (as per your suggestion) and IG chopped them all up.

[richardplondon]

these are the Instagram specifications for uploaded photos. If the uploaded photo is not of the same aspect ratio as the display of the device being used, you can expect to either see only the zoomed-in central part of what you have uploaded, or else to see it not filling the display - neither has to do with the uploaded image, per se, except that it may influence you to crop to a different aspect ratio in the first place. There is no need to use Scaling at all, AFAICT, to have Export deliver the output you want. Just crop the image suitably inside the Catalog, then Export / upload that cropped image with suitable output specifications.

Can you show any screenshots of what is currently going on for you (with what you have called a 'cropped' image), that you do not like? First as it is seen within Lr Classic and then as it is seen within Instagram.

[kayak107]

good news and bad news.  taking your suggestion I played around with 1080w x 320H in pixels.  That worked ok for the horizontal images but not for the vertical ones.  Even after switching 1080h x 320w for the vertical ones.

Wokred ok meaning IG did not crop the horizonal ones.

[richardplondon]

" (a height between 566 and 1350 pixels with a width of 1080 pixels). If the aspect ratio of your photo isn't supported, it will be cropped to fit a supported ratio."

So 320h x 1080w (1:3.4) is problematic, being much slenderer proportioned than 566h x 1080w (1:1.9).

In my opinion it would be better to crop and output for 566 instead of 320 in the short direction, for 1080 in the long direction. That would mean setting the Develop crop to 1:1.9 or (which amounts to the same result) to 566 x 1080. What you are setting means in effect posting a less detailed picture (after being automatically cropped to shape by IG) , than you could have got by posting to IG's requested shape in the first place, and then not being cropped to shape.

If you do not have that much picture area in your original photo (for example, if only a slender pano was originally captured) then you are going to have to fall back on padding out the photo to the width:height proportions that IG wants. One built-in way to do that without involving other software to postprocess, is to output to JPG from the Print module instead of Exporting. Unfortunately this method does not adapt to portrait vs landscape variation in the way one might wish, so needs a bit of manual intervention. IG is basically more conducive for portrait IMO simply because that is the way round that people like to hold their phones.

[kayak107]

thank you.  I will retry tomorrow.

[kayak107]

 This is the way I set up the export.  Beyond this I'm clueless.  This worked ok for uploading to IG.  But then after sharing IG cropped.  Are you able to see this image?  If you are I'll send you the cropped IG images.

[richardplondon]

You need to do two things: get the image to a shape that is not too skinny proportioned for IG to accept (which is done with the Crop tool), AND then size this cropped image suitably (which is done in the Export settings).

Portrait images should be cropped to 1:1.25 proportion at the slimmest, or squarer if you want.

Landscape images should be cropped to 1:1.9 proportion at the slimmest, or squarer. if you want

Do that to each image first, then export everything (no matter whether portrait landscape or square) using export settings of max 1080 pix wide and max 1360 pix high. 

[kayak107]

ok, thank you.

[kayak107]

I want to thank you again.  You put me on the right track.  Finally figured out how to resize from Lr and successfully posted both vertical and horizontal images.