Posted by RAYDOVE on December 15, 2007 at 12:14 PM
Pardon my ignorance, but I have a question that's a little embarrasing to ask so here goes.Sometimes when shooting wildlife, I will have an image of a bird or an animal that is a little to far away to suit me. However when using the zoom tool with one or 2 clicks of the + zoom, I can get the image to be what I would like to save. I was previously using Paint Shop Pro as my editing program but now am using Elements 6, but I can not find a way in either program to save the zoomed image that appears on the screen. Is ther e way to do so or is the only way to obtain enlargement of subject in frame to crop? Again , pardon my ignorance. Does any one know the answer to this question?
Posted by John Mumaw on December 15, 2007 at 1:39 PM
With the original image open, choose the Crop tool in your toolbar.
In the Option bar near the top of your screen, choose the height/width and resolution parameters that you want. Then click on the image and drag the Crop tool to your desired crop. After you release the left mouse key, then you can move the crop to wherever you like.
Click on the check mark near the top of your screen to accept, or the symbol to the left of the chack mark to try again.
Posted by David Bostedo on December 15, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Ray - That's exactly what cropping is. The important thing about the image, and the crop, is the number of actual pixels saved in the file. The display on your screen is an approximation the program creates in order to show it larger. If you tried to save the zoomed in view, you'd only get as many pixels as your screen has, which is likely MUCH less than actually exist in the photo. For instance, PS might be using 1 megapixel worth of screen to display 5 megapixels worth of image.
If you zoom into a view that says 100% at the top of the screen, that's the point at which actual pixels match the screen pixels. You'll probably notice that you are zoomed WAY in at that point. So if you save the screen pixels at a lower zoom, you're losing pixels.
That being said, if for some reason you want to save what you see....you can get it set how you want, and hit "Print Screen" (on a PC anyway). Then create a blank file in PS and paste it in. Of course, the image will probably look really crappy compared to cropping in the first place.
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2 repliesIn the Option bar near the top of your screen, choose the height/width and resolution parameters that you want. Then click on the image and drag the Crop tool to your desired crop. After you release the left mouse key, then you can move the crop to wherever you like.
Click on the check mark near the top of your screen to accept, or the symbol to the left of the chack mark to try again.
If you zoom into a view that says 100% at the top of the screen, that's the point at which actual pixels match the screen pixels. You'll probably notice that you are zoomed WAY in at that point. So if you save the screen pixels at a lower zoom, you're losing pixels.
That being said, if for some reason you want to save what you see....you can get it set how you want, and hit "Print Screen" (on a PC anyway). Then create a blank file in PS and paste it in. Of course, the image will probably look really crappy compared to cropping in the first place.