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Crop tool associated to last export

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I do a lot of sports photos (rugby) and regularly crop my photos but don't want to go below 3000px on the long edge.
When using the crop tool the readout always shows the size of the last export (recipe) used, so if I've used my facebook export the crop tool will show 1600px. I have to go in the export tool set the export to a recipe that uses Scale-fixed at 100% then cancel the export and the crop tool will now show my full px count when cropping.
Is there an easier way to change the crop tool to 100% px size without going into the Export tool.

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  • Ian Wilson
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    Previously you had to go to the Output tab, change the recipe to one that was scaled at 100%, then go back to what you were doing. (Using the crop tool, presumably.)

    You can still effectively do the same, and although it is unfamiliar, it is no slower. You can (1) bring up the Export panel with a keyboard shortcut (Shift-Cmd-D is the default). You will see your recipes and you can (2) select the one you want. Then (3) Press Escape (or click Close if you prefer) to go back to what you were doing. 

    (This is exactly the same number of steps as you would have needed before, I think, which would have been (1) move to the Export tab, (2) select the recipe you want, then (3) go back to what you were doing before.)

    Ian

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Maybe it would be worth me putting a request in to get the "Scale-Fixed 100%" add to the crop tool.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Ian, whether it's the same number of steps or not depends on how your workspace is configured. In my case with dual monitors, I had the Process tools always displayed and it was a trivial, nondisruptive step to simply pick what I wanted from the tool (which was on the secondary display). Now I have to go through a modal dialog that a) can't be permanently repositioned to the secondary monitor and b) can't be permanently reconfigured (example: can't tell it to leave the Recipes pane enlarged or anything else).

    For single monitor setups, it "may" be the same number of steps, but not for everyone. I suspect that the developers didn't take this into consideration when they were working on the new feature (which has some really nice capabilities).

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I do not know if it is any faster, but you can change the recipe used by long clicking on the proofing icon in the toolbar without having to bring up the export window.

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Marco,
    Brilliant !!
    That's a lot faster thanks a lot.

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