"Colin_D" <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:47c5dbd1$0$26040$88260bb3@free.teranews.com.. .
> 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.


Hi Colin. That's perfect! I only wish I had the equivalent feature in ACR.

Thank you,
-Bob