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Graeme Shiomi · Mar 31, 2004, 10:44 PM

Hey guys,

I have a Digital Rebel, which creates pictures in the 35mm standard 3:2 aspect ratio. Now, to crop for 8x10's in Photoshop I was going to use the Crop tool with a fixed aspect ratio.

Now, my question is, what should I put in as the Aspect ration? I was thinking just putting in 10 width and 8 height...but then after looking at the table here I'm wondering if I'm supposed to use 100 width and 83 height?

Which is correct?

Graeme

slipe · Mar 31, 2004, 11:11 PM

Use 10 and 8 inches. Don’t put anything in the resolution box and it won’t resample the image. You can go Image>Image Size and see what PPI you ended up with. Unless you make a small crop you will end up with plenty of resolution for an 8 X 10 with a 6Mp camera. A resample degrades the quality a little and there is no reason to do it if there is no need.

If you put 100 and 83 it will try to print a 100 X 83 inch print at some incredible low resolution.

Mar 31, 2004, 10:44 PM	#1
Graeme Shiomi Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 54	Cropping for 8x10 in Photoshop Hey guys, I have a Digital Rebel, which creates pictures in the 35mm standard 3:2 aspect ratio. Now, to crop for 8x10's in Photoshop I was going to use the Crop tool with a fixed aspect ratio. Now, my question is, what should I put in as the Aspect ration? I was thinking just putting in 10 width and 8 height...but then after looking at the table here I'm wondering if I'm supposed to use 100 width and 83 height? Which is correct? Graeme

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Mar 31, 2004, 11:11 PM	#2
slipe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Indian Rocks Beach, FL Posts: 4,036	Use 10 and 8 inches. Don’t put anything in the resolution box and it won’t resample the image. You can go Image>Image Size and see what PPI you ended up with. Unless you make a small crop you will end up with plenty of resolution for an 8 X 10 with a 6Mp camera. A resample degrades the quality a little and there is no reason to do it if there is no need. If you put 100 and 83 it will try to print a 100 X 83 inch print at some incredible low resolution.