dimensions in develop and cropping

[someothername]

Perhaps it's already there? I have a pano I need to split into smaller pieces in order to get it into picture show which has a limit of 72''x72''. In any other photo editing program, when you crop, somewhere on the display it will show the dimensions of the cropped area, usually in pixels, though sometimes that's only an option.

Also, why did the LR people decide to make cropping the opposite of how it behaves in every other photo program I've used? It's still confusing me when I move the crop rectangle to have it move the opposite of what I expect. I suppose I'll get used to it, but it sure is a pain, particularly when I go to use another program.

 

[Mark Sirota]

There's no "live" display, but if you hit the I key, it'll bring up a display which includes the current crop dimensions (if not, press I again. If still not, set it up in the preferences.)

It won't update until you release the mouse each time, unfortunately. And then you'll find that there are some numbers you just can't hit. It helps to maximize the image area (full screen, no panels showing, toolbar off).

 

[Kiwigeoff]

Perhaps it's already there? I have a pano I need to split into smaller pieces in order to get it into picture show which has a limit of 72''x72''. In any other photo editing program, when you crop, somewhere on the display it will show the dimensions of the cropped area, usually in pixels, though sometimes that's only an option.

Also, why did the LR people decide to make cropping the opposite of how it behaves in every other photo program I've used? It's still confusing me when I move the crop rectangle to have it move the opposite of what I expect. I suppose I'll get used to it, but it sure is a pain, particularly when I go to use another program.

Brandon, on point 2. The crop rectangle doesn't move at all, the image moves and that is the change in thinking required. It has been much discussed over a long period and this way is the result of those discussions.
I quite like it once I got to think this way !!:lol::lol:

 

[stasber]

You can also enter a custom aspect ratio; use known x and y dimensions you need and it'll draw a crop mask of exactly that.

I used this to get an image that had to be exactly 154 pixels wide x 15' pixels high. I entered 154 and 15' as the values and the mask was that aspect ratio. In my export settings I set x as 154 and y as blank, and the final image I got was 15' high by 154 wide.