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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
Posts: 3987
Location: Cheltenham, UK
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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject: ermm Crop Tool scale/exact dimenson problem |
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I have an image that is 2500px x 3600px (ish), it is a 240dpi file, I select crop tool and input 1200px x 1000px and 240 in the context sensitive menu, I now drag a crop area and instead of just a box of specific dimensions I get to drag the bounding box and it only seems to stay in proportion to my scale and not the exact dimensions specified. In effect I can drag the crop box outside the dimensions of the image, which seems to give a lie to the exact dimensions I in-putted - so, what gives?
Am I going mental and should I take Photoshop 101?
And if anyone says reset your pref file..... 
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hawkeye
Joined: 14 May 2009
Posts: 2377
Location: Mesa, Az
OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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When you set the size and resolution with the crop tool, it will create those dimensions where you drag and maintain the aspect. Whether it is the entire image, just a section or even beyond the image. |
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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Cheers hawkeye, Gah! so simple when you know - cheers!
Funny thing is I can laugh now, but I was really tearing my hair out earlier!
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