Yeah, I actually crop in the viewfinder to the image I want - probably comes from shooting weeny sized negs for too long. When I scan, I am planning on printing usually 4X5 or 8X10 from the 67. So all I need to do is crop a bit off them (full frame is what I want) to get them to the correct ratio.
I personally find letterboxed things to look half baked unless expensive custom matting is involved. Much of my stuff goes in albums for clients or personal albums - the pages sleeves are sized to standard paper sizes. I think that letterboxing looks rather tacky in that scenario. Back to the question at hand...is there a simple way to crop to ratios in Elements or is it as lame on that front as it seems? Bruce Monday, January 13, 2003, 12:19:43 AM, you wrote: JCOC> you crop your images to match the paper ratio? JCOC> I crop (if needed ) to get the composition just right and print JCOC> letterboxed if needed. I couldnt imagine JCOC> doing it your way. EWWWWWWW! ( no offence ). JCOC> JCO >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:55 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Elements >> >> >> Ok, I have started to play with this tool. The very first simple >> thing seems clumsier than using Picture Window. All I want to do is >> crop the image to a paper size ratio. In Picture Window all I do is >> select crop and pick the paper size (4X5, 8X10, 4X6) and then the crop >> rectangle keeps the rectangle proportions for me. I can adjust to my >> hearts content until I am ready to commit it and it will keep the crop >> rectangle to that ratio. In Paintshop Pro I had to memorize the ratio >> (.354, .xxxx) and then keep watching the bottom indicators as I >> dragged a side of the rectangle - far clumsier. >> >> In Elements it seems even clumsier. Tell me how to quickly and easily >> crop to a given ratio. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Bruce >>
