Can I crop a photo inside aperture to any custom dimension?

can i crop inside aperature

romeo700 wrote:
can i crop inside aperature
You have asked two different questions and, I believe, have gotten correct answers for both.
I assume by cropping you mean to use a "portion" of an image not to simply resize an image to new dimensions. That's another problem.
The easy answer is to use an external editor such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements (or other resizing software, of which I am not familiar).
Using the above software to create an image with exact pixel dimensions is made easier by sending an image with the correct aspect ratio from Aperture. Say you want an image 636 px x 892 px. Simply determine the aspect ratio by dividing 892 by 636. The result being about 1.4. Your aspect ration then is either 1 to 1.4 or 1.4 to 1 depending on whether you desire a landscape or portrait aspect. In the Cropping HUD, choose "Custom" Ratio Aspect, put the numbers you have calculated in the Width and Height boxes, and crop as desired. Then go to an editor capable of accurately resizing the image to specific dimensions.
If using additional software is not possible or is unavailable, you can use a trial and error method inside Aperture. This technique offers 2 possibilities. 1) It will allow you to "test" the crop within an image to determine what size crop is possible and/or which size is required to fulfill your need. 2) With patience, it will allow you to crop to specific pixel dimensions.
As before, calculate the ratio aspect your project requires. Make your crop and press Return to finalize it (for now!). (You can always "erase" the crop by bringing up the crop tool and clicking outside you original crop.) Then bring up the "Info" or "Metadata" (depending on Aperture version) HUD. (Hint: switching between "Library" and "Metadata" will update the information there.) Check "Pixel Size". Those dimensions should equate to the pixel size of your current crop.
In the trial and error method you can adjust crops, larger or smaller as needed, to match your size requirements. This is tedious and time consuming, but works.
In my experience I have found that Photoshop image size and Aperture cropped image sizes often disagree. I do not know which is more accurate, though I suspect Aperture crops are a bit inaccurate.
Jerry

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