I want to crop a photo to specific px dimensions

I can draw a box over the photo with the marquee tool and that would be perfect if I could size that box in pixels but I don't see a way to do that. Have I missed something? Or do I need to use a different tool? Seems like the marquee tool would be perfect if I could size it.

Enter the pixel width / height in your crop tool at the top of your screen. Or click on Unconstrained > Size & Resolution to create a custom preset that you can re-use. Click on screenshot.
Nancy O.

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I just want to crop my photos! Preview and iPhoto not working since upgrading.

I just upgraded to OS X Yosemite, and since doing so the edit function on Preview is non-selectable and iPhoto won't save any of my edits!? Please help this is an urgent requirement! I'm not interested in upgrading to the new Photos app - I've head terrible things about it.

Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Repair Database. If that doesn't help, then try again, this time using Rebuild Database.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.
Regards
TD

How do I crop finished photo - PS CS 4?

Hello - I've finished a photo and have flattened all the layers, and even unlocked the new flattened layer, and now I want to crop this photo, but when I go to Image, the crop feature is grayed out - how do I crop away unwanted portions of this photo? Am running photoshop CS 4.
Thanks in advance.

Right, you should make a selection first, and then the Image > Crop command is available:)

After I have cropped a photo how do I save it. Something is wrong, my computer will not let me close photoshop

I cropped a photo and saved it as a TIFF. I can not close down photo shop or burn the photo to a disk. How do I save the photo once I crop it?

Use the menu option File>Save As. When you close photoshop, it should have asked you if you want to save the file. If photoshop does not ask you and refuses to close, odds are something else is wrong.
First try resetting the preferences. (ctrl-alt-shift for windows and cmd-opt-shift for mac as you start photoshop) If done right it will ask you if you want to reset the preferences.
Next thing to do is uninstalling then reinstalling photoshop.
If that still does not help, then it may be time to contact Adobe.

In PSE11, how do I "crop" a photo into a circle?

I would greatly appreciate step-by-step instruction on how to "crop" a photo into a circle in PSE11.
I've created an invitation for my daughters 1st birthday and I want to add a circular photo of her on the invite, but I can't seem to figure it out.
I understand that I can't technically "crop" it but I need the image to appear to be circular by using the transparency feature.
Again, I need a step-by-step as I'm still new to PSE11...
Thank you!

I'm curious as to why reply#1 didn't work. That is basic PSE stuff. Was the selection still active with marching ants as asked in reply#3? Perhaps somehow the selection was deleted before doing the inverse.
If you do get that to work, note that you first must convert the picture to a "regular" layer by renaming it from "Background" to anything else. Then the deleted portion will be replaced by transparency. If you do the delete on the Background layer the deleted portion is simply replaced by the color defined in the background color chip on the toolbar.

My question is I want to buy MacBook Pro special specifications but found several languages at the option of the keyboard I want a picture if you choose the keyboard language is Arabic as well please, I want a picture of the plate you include the keyboa

My question is I want to buy MacBook Pro special specifications but found several languages at the option of the keyboard I want a picture if you choose the keyboard language is Arabic as well please, I want a picture of the plate you include the keyboard letters in Arabic, English or Arabic only together?

The only photo I could find of a 'genuine' Apple Arabic keyboard (NOT a keyboard cover/skin):
It's from an older MacBook, it looks like, but I imagine that the MacBook Pro keybaord would be similar.
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Iphoto not printing full photo, cropping some photos

After I create a photo with pixilmator or any horizontial and export to iphoto, I can see the full photo, but when i print it cuts off the edges and only prints the middle. I have tried selecting different sizes, changing horizontial view to vertical view, nothing works. I had to print and send a copy of a licence, similar to a car registration format, and that too had the ends cropped out. Please help. so far i have to print photos from the pixilatore program or and adobe program, no problems there, only have problems with iphoto. using epson stylus nx420. Please help

As noted in the other thread you posed this question in you must crop the photo to the print ratio and then print - iPhoto does not "autosize" photos - if you try to print a 8x12 photo on 8x10 paper you will lose 2 inches - you have to precrop the photo to the size you want to print
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HT4505 can you scan 4x6 photos using Image Capture that will actually scan as a 4x6 photo. I have to crop the photo once it is scanned

Can you scan multiple 4x6 photos using image Capture that will actually scan as a 4x6 photo? I seem to have to crop each photo once it is scanned.

How long is a string?
The answer depends on a large number of variables
Cropping removes the area cropped off so the pixel size of a cropped photos is smaller than an upcropped one
With iPhoto you can always revert ot the original so if the new quality is not enough for your use you can go back to the uncropped original
size - many meanings
DPI - simple - Dots Per Inch - the number of dots (pixels) in a dimension divided by the number of inches of the display(print) - very simple math
Pixels and dots are the same for this discussion
so if a photo is shot in a 3:2 ratio (6x4 is also a 3:2 ratio) then the photo is the shape of a 4x6 photo with no cropping - is a photo shot in a 4:3 ratio is cropped to a 4:6 ratio (which is also a 3:2 ratio) then some information is going to be removed - assuming that you set the cropping frame as large as possible in one direction and only crop two sides then you lose the minimum amount of information
Most iPhoto uses of photos are designed aroung 4:3 photos so in general I would only recommend cropping 4:3 photos if you want to print them in standard print sizes
iPhoto slide shows will work best with 4:3 photos so cropping to 4:6 would be a mistake
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How do I resize a pic? I don't want to crop it, just make it smaller.

How do I resize a pic? I don't want to crop it, just make it smaller.

Why?
There is a reason to ask. Aperture gives you superb tools dedicated to two things: storing and organizing your digital photographs, and converting (from RAW) and developing them into the best possible photographs. It featuress a _lossless_ workflow: your digital photographs are never altered. In general, your workflow is:
. shoot
. import
. add metadata and organize
. develop
. export.
"Export" means "Make me a sharable image-format file according to these specifications". You select a size when you export. For almost all uses, it does not make sense to resize before exporting.
When you export you can specify any size you want. This and other specifics are set in the "Export Preset" you use. You can view and edit your Export Presets at "Aperture→Presets→Image Export".

CS6 Does not Crop the way I want to Crop

It seems in previous versions of PS that when I wanted to crop a large photo just stored from the camera that all I had to do is select the Crop tool, select the size of the finished photo from the top line and then go inside the photo and drag the a rectangle around the portion of the photo I wanted to retain and it would end up, in this case as a 6x4 landscape photo. That is not the case in cs6. I get a photo that is 2x3 / 4x6 ratio in area but not in inchs. To get the actual 4x6 inch photo I need to go to Image and Size then input the inches which gave me the size with a very large pixel count. I was able to print but really not happy with the result. I tried the Classic version but it still did not do what I asked and still ended up going to Image > Size to enter the actual size of what I wanted in inches. Is there a way to just Crop a large photo to the actual inches I want with the Crop tool?
Thanks so much, Richard

When you type the size 4X6 it defaults to pixels just type 4in and 6in and photoshop will use inches instead of pixels. Once you get it the way you like, create a preset so you don't have to type the in after the size anymore.

How do I create a script to crop the channels within specific limits defined by me?

Hi,
I am trying to automate processing of my channels, but as a first step I need to crop them within specific boundaries (all data at once).
Kindly let me know any specific script commands which would help me in doing the same.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi Brad_Turpin,
I have attached a sample data with this post for your reference. In the attached file, there is one time channel (X axis) and one data channel (Y axis), and I need to crop both the channels apart from 0 to 20 sec.
I checked the syntax for DataBlDel() which is 'Call DataBlDel(ChnNoStr, ChnRow, ValNo, [ValDelOnly])'. What I understand from this is (please correct me if I am wrong), I need to input the 'row no.' and the number of values from and to which I want to delete values from the channel data.
But the problem for using it is that the 'row no.' and the number of values I want delete may vary when I pull in a different dataset. (i.e. If you look at the attached file you can see that for this example time channels starts from -5 to 40 sec, but for a different dataset time channel may start from -10 to 35 sec. But my requirement for the new dataset still remains same, that is from 0 to 20 sec). What should I do for this condition
Additionally, I would also like to know the best way to crop if I am having more than one data channels (lets say, I am having 5 data channels apart from the time channel and want to crop all of them from 0 to 20 sec).
Hope I have not confused you, please let me know for further clarification of my requirement.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Fazil Shah.
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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

What Resolution To Crop For Photo Display On Widescreen TV? Please Help

Hello,
I'm having great difficulty trying to crop my photos for display on a widescreen TV.
The resolution of the TV is 1920x1080, and when I crop to those dimensions I get the black letterbox bars on top and bottom of the screen when I display my photos on the TV.
What specific XXXX x XXXX numbers should I use when I crop in order to display my photos from edge to edge on the TV without the black letterbox bars?
Also, could you please specify the proper ratio number to enter into Lightroom for the same purpose? Apparently Lightroom requires a ratio number as opposed to pixel numbers in the dialog box. When I enter 16 : 9, the resulting crops display the black letterbox bars when viewed on the TV.
I've searched the net and read many discussions about pixel aspect ratios and dimensions and square pixels, etc., and I am totally confused because I should be able to achieve my goal with a 16:9 ratio, but no matter what I do I end up with the letterbox bars when displaying my photos on the widescreen TV.
Thanks very much in advance!

You'll need to describe just how you're getting those images onto the TV I think, for people to be able to answer this reasonably.
Is the TV plugged-in to the computer's video card? Or are you making a video that you're displaying off a DVD or similar?
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How to crop a photo to remove the middle part

How do I crop a photo so that I can keep the sides of the photo but remove the middle part.

You do not want to crop. Sound more like you want to cut and paste and move areas.
crop (krp)
n.
1.
a. Cultivated plants or agricultural produce, such as grain, vegetables, or fruit, considered as a group: Wheat is a common crop.
b. The total yield of such produce in a particular season or place: an orchard that produced a huge crop of apples last year.
2. A group, quantity, or supply appearing at one time: a crop of new ideas.
3. A short haircut.
4. An earmark on an animal.
5.
a. A short whip used in horseback riding, with a loop serving as a lash.
b. The stock of a whip.
6. Zoology
a. A pouchlike enlargement of a bird's gullet in which food is partially digested or stored for regurgitation to nestlings.
b. A similar enlargement in the digestive tract of annelids and insects.
v. cropped, crop·ping, crops
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut or bite off the tops or ends of: crop a hedge; sheep cropping grass.
b. To cut (hair, for example) very short.
c. To clip (an animal's ears, for example).
d. To trim (a photograph or picture, for example).
2.
a. To harvest: crop salmon.
b. To cause to grow or yield a crop.
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1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
2. To plant, grow, or yield a crop.
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crop up
To appear unexpectedly or occasionally: "one of the many theories that keep cropping up in his story" (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt).

Cropping a layer at specific shape

I have a layer in which I want to crop it-after the cropping I want this layer to have a specific shape-the shape I intend to use is not from the custom shapes list.
Actually it is a type layer.
So I want to use this type layer and with it crop another shape layer, so the latter, takes the form of the later.
How am I going to achieve the above-I tried with a clipping mask but could not do it.

JimVag1947 wrote:
I have a layer in which I want to crop it-after the cropping I want this layer to have a specific shape-the shape I intend to use is not from the custom shapes list.
Actually it is a type layer.
So I want to use this type layer and with it crop another shape layer, so the latter, takes the form of the later.
How am I going to achieve the above-I tried with a clipping mask but could not do it.
I do not undertand why you could not do!
First crops are rectanular and the crop tool will crop all layers in a document and change the documents canvas size. Croped text layers are still text layers and the text layer may be latger then canvas size.
Layers can have a shape because of tranparency. This tranparency may be because of a layer mask orsimply the layer has no pixels in some areas. So a croped text layer would have a shape and you can load that shape as a selection by selecting the layers tranparency and aggit is as a layer mask to an other layer.
You can also more or less crop a single layer without croping all layers and changing the canvas size by targeting the text layer and selecting what you want with a selection tool. And adding it to the text layer as a layer mask. or you can rasterzise the text layer invert the selection and clear the pixel you don't want. With some thought you can make a layer mask you want using a test layer tranparency.
However Photoshop also has masking text tools simply use one the then to create the mask you want!!!!

I want to crop a photo to specific px dimensions

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