Re: cropping, clipping, scaling, printing

Using Aperture 2.1 I am fully aware of how to use the cropping tool. I use RAW files from a Canon 30D. I print 8x10 photos and have just uploaded my first book to Apple. When I constrain the crop to 8x10 I cannot fit in the entire part of the image I want to. Recently, I left the image alone without any cropping and sent it to be printed at service hoping the image would get scaled down to fit into the 8x10 size. What I got was feet cropped off of the subjects in the photo. I created a custom export for 8x10, but the same thing happens, the 8x10 constrain of the cropping tool wants to clip something off. I had some clipping when designing my first book but it was not terrible so I left it as is. For my next one I would really like some feedback on how to solve this clipping issue Thanks, Phil.

I'm unsure of the method you are using. In the Aperture book layout you can choose to have a photo box be one of pre-defined aspect ratios or to be the aspect ratio of the image.
To do this click the Edit Layout button in the menu bar to the right of where the Theme is described. Now select a photo in your layout. Now you have two ways to proceed. One is to click the Gear icon and choose Photo box aspect ratio. You'd want to select "Photo aspect ratio" to keep the box the same ratio as your 8 x 10 cropped photo.
The other way is when you want the photo to appear as a specific size in the layout. Click the Gear icon and choose Show Layout Options. You'll see where you can specify the location and the height and width of your photo as well as if you want to rotate the photo at a tilt or add a line border to its edge.
One very nice feature of Aperture is there is no need to crop photos before laying them out in the book. After placing an photo on a page (not as a background) you can double-click on it to get the zoom slider. Zoom the photo and drag the zoomed image so the part you want to appear is visible while the remainder is masked outside of the photo box.
Hopefully some of these tips will resolve your issue.

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