Need help adding crop aspect ratio.
I was given some page dimensions from an art director of 7.75 x 10.875 inches for a single page and 15.5 x 10.875 inches for a spread. I tried to enter those dimensions in C1 (both with and without decimals) but I cannot seem to get the last number to stick (if I enter 10875, the numbers appear red and do not apply). If I simply type 10.875, C1 rounds up to 11 (but it also rounds to 11 if I type 10.75, 10.975, etc.). How can I enter those values to get an accurate crop ratio?
Thanks for any help. BTW, I did read the manual but it did not seem to answer this for me (looked at pg 69 of C1 Pro 7's user guide).
Thanks for any help. BTW, I did read the manual but it did not seem to answer this for me (looked at pg 69 of C1 Pro 7's user guide).
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CO7 has a great feature to do just what you ask for! How to do it?
Start wit a process recipe and define the dimensions of your output, including the resolution.
Next, in your crop tool you select Output as the ratio. The crop tool will depend the ratio on the dimensions you set in the recipe. CO7 will create an output of the define size independent of your cropping.0 -
Paul, thanks for your help but what I'm looking to do is set up an aspect ratio crop for when I'm shooting tethered that I can see if the shot fits within the boundaries of the client's page dimensions. I tried what you suggested but I'm still forced to round up to 10.88 (what I'm entering is 10.875 inches). I wish rounding up was an option, but the art director wants an exact crop.
My workaround since I can't seem to figure this out is I made an overlay mask in Photoshop that fits my crop and am using that. I can't believe something so simple is this difficult in Capture One!
Is there a better way to specify crops within fractions of an inch?0 -
[quote="Terence2" wrote:
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Is there a better way to specify crops within fractions of an inch?
Yes, enter the dimensions in the process recipe in pixels, not inches.
For example, a 7.75 x 10.875 inch at 300 dpi translates into 2325 x 3265 pixels.
Use the crop tool as described using Output as crop ratio.
I have an alternative route too.
For your understanding, a crop ratio is a ratio between long and short edge, not a way to measure size. You can however, use crop in this situation if you like. You have to do some math:
10.875 divided by 7.75 = 1.40322581 or 1.40
This means the ratio is 1:1.40
Because the ratio is given in whole numbers, not decimals, create a ratio of 10:14. If this is still not precise enough, make it 1000:1403 and you must be able to satisfy your art director.
Note however that the output size of your image varies with your crop. Now you have to change your recipe by defining the short edge to 7.75 in or 2325 pixels @ 300 dpi.0 -
Great stuff. Thank you 0
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