just bob wrote:
> I need some basic understanding of the crop tool in CS. It seems to
> interpolate when I crop. How to you tell the thing to crop at 100%?
>
> Also I would love to know for doing web images how I can specify say 800x600
> pixels and be presented with a rectangle at that size and ratio ready to
> crop at 100%.
>
> When I crop in ACR at least I know it's a 100% crop, and I will
> painstakingly resize the crop window until I see the required dimensions in
> the info window before I move it to the position I want.
>
> I hope I'm just over thinking this but not sure what is going on!
>
> Thanks for your tips and tricks on this.
>
>
I don't think you can do that directly. Try choosing Marquee and
opening Info (Window/Info) and and drag a box to give your 800x600
pixels in Info measurements. Make sure your rulers are in pixels first.
Then you can drag the marquee around to where you want it.

But, I don't see why you would want to do it that way, as it means you
cannot choose the composition of the crop and resize it for web use.

The crop tool does resample, and for web use I set the dimensions to 800
x 533 (3:2 crop) and 72 ppi, compose and frame the area I want, and it's
done.

Colin D.

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