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Standard and Custom crops
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Hi all, bit of a two parter here if ye will bear with me, been wondering about this for a while;
1. Just wondering if ye use standard sizes when cropping or custom sizes/ratios? I never really crop to any particular ratio as cropping is such a big part of my post processing. I’m just wondering if framing for example, would be much easier if I kept to standard sizes. Also when ordering from an online lab it’s annoying to have to either crop or have a white border around the image.
2. Is it “acceptable” to use custom cut mounts with standard size frames? As in, to have a different dimension of mount around the picture in landscape or portrait, instead of say, a uniform 50mm border all around the photo? Hope that makes sense… I’m thinking it would be a lot cheaper to buy a good few identical ready made frames and get mounts cut to suit each photo. Just wondering if this would look alright.
Thanks for reading.
oh yea its acceptable
in fact its very popular to have say a weighted bottom to the mount, ie more mount border at bottom
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On the crop ratios I’ve set up a 29.7:21 ratio in Lightroom so that when I intend on printing myself I have the ratio for A4.
Just a thought.
Alan.
Hi Brian
Very good first question.
I faced the same issues when ordering yesterday on photobox. I usually make an 800 pixel verison of all my edited shots and upload these for the 6*4 or 6*4.5 prints.
they all usually have to be cropped by photobox or shrunk to fit. Even last night at home printing I had the same problem, print borderless and lose some of the image or print with a stupid white border. any thoughts anyone on how to get around this or how best to resize for these print sizes?cheers, Dee
I always crop to the aspect ratio of paper the image is to be printed on. I try to ensure I’ve the important elements of the image located correctly within the crop. E.g. the crop isn’t cutting off the top of someone’s head. This is sometimes easier said than done. For example, an image might suit a square crop but you might be sending it to a printer that doesn’t do square crops so you have to get it printed at one of the standard sizes and then cut it when it comes back.
I worry about mounts later.
Thanks for the replies.
Alan, that’s a good idea about the A4 ratio, I must set that up.
Steve, yeah I suppose you would get away with it in most situations, must order some ready made frames.
(P.s. I’ll be in touch soon about getting some prints done etc.)Yeah, I know that alright but I’m a bit on the mean side :lol:
I’ll give you a ring at some stage for a chat about it. When’s a good time to get you?
I only crop to enhance the photograph whatever ratio that brings and then cut the mount accordingly. Run of the mill shots can generally be bunged into any shape. It’s horses for courses really.
I shoot a few different formats 1.6, full, 6×6, 6×9 and 5×4 and always try not to be restricted by the frame ratios or try to fill paper sizes.Pete
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