Crop with fixed target size

[Steve Johnson]

Hi Linda.

Sorry, that was meant to be 1998, not 5998 :)

I can do the mathematics myself (and sometimes type it right too 8^). And I
can help Numeric Tranform do mathematics to keep in dimensions in exactly
the same ratios.

If I dont help it and I constrain and ask 101% of, say 1600 X 1200, it will
give me 1616 X 1212.

Then I look at my photo and say, "No, I would like the visible area to be
smaller, so I try 98%

I then get (by a calculator), 1583.68 X 1187.76.

Change it a few more times and I can understand why FW slips some pixel to
throw out the exact ratio.

Steve


"Linda Rathgeber" <lightly@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Steve Johnson wrote:
>

> > If you shift drag a corner of a 1600 X 1200 so that the width becomes

5998,

> > what is FW going to do? It can't give you a height of 1198.8 (or can it
> > somehow?).

>
> It's going to jump right up out of your machine and start gibbering in a
> dark corner, "Doh! I was created for creating and editing Web images. I
> don't *do* images as large as 6000. What the XXXX kind of Web page would
> you use an image that large on? Huh? Huh?"
>

> > So there would need to be some logic that "knows" about common ratios

(4:3,

> > 5:4 etc) and perhaps "snaps" to allowable rescale points.

>
> Something like Numeric Transform?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Linda Rathgeber
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[Steve Johnson]

Wow. I think I am tired...

It was meant to be 1598,
Thats 1598, 1598, 1598....


"Steve Johnson" <spjohnson@guesswhattoremovelineone.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Linda.
>
> Sorry, that was meant to be 1998, not 5998 :)
>
> I can do the mathematics myself (and sometimes type it right too 8^). And

I

> can help Numeric Tranform do mathematics to keep in dimensions in exactly
> the same ratios.
>
> If I dont help it and I constrain and ask 101% of, say 1600 X 1200, it

will

> give me 1616 X 1212.
>
> Then I look at my photo and say, "No, I would like the visible area to be
> smaller, so I try 98%
>
> I then get (by a calculator), 1583.68 X 1187.76.
>
> Change it a few more times and I can understand why FW slips some pixel to
> throw out the exact ratio.
>
> Steve
>
>
> "Linda Rathgeber" <lightly@sc.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:bkam9o$52v$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> >
> >
> > Steve Johnson wrote:
> >

> > > If you shift drag a corner of a 1600 X 1200 so that the width becomes

> 5998,

> > > what is FW going to do? It can't give you a height of 1198.8 (or can

it

> > > somehow?).

> >
> > It's going to jump right up out of your machine and start gibbering in a
> > dark corner, "Doh! I was created for creating and editing Web images. I
> > don't *do* images as large as 6000. What the XXXX kind of Web page would
> > you use an image that large on? Huh? Huh?"
> >

> > > So there would need to be some logic that "knows" about common ratios

> (4:3,

> > > 5:4 etc) and perhaps "snaps" to allowable rescale points.

> >
> > Something like Numeric Transform?
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Linda Rathgeber
> > ----------------
> > Victoriana | [url]http://www.projectseven.com/dpacks/vic/index.htm[/url]
> > Theme Pack 03 - Club | [url]www.projectseven.com[/url] |mm2| themes
> > Contributor *PVII Foundations* [url]www.projectseven.com[/url]
> > Co-author *Playing with Fire* [url]www.playingwithfire.com[/url]
> > Team MM Fireworks Volunteer | [url]www.macromedia.com/go/team[/url]
> > -----------------
> >

>
>

[Linda Rathgeber]

Steve Johnson wrote:

>
> I then get (by a calculator), 1583.68 X 1187.76.
>
> Change it a few more times and I can understand why FW slips some pixel to
> throw out the exact ratio.

Does it do fractions of a pixel? Screens can't display fractions of a
pixel so I don't know why it would. I hope that's what you meant.
Frankly, I got lost about three posts ago. You don't have to scale or
resize proportionally, however. Just uncheck Maintain proportions and
Constrain whatever it says there. :-)

Best regards,
Linda Rathgeber
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[fdoll]

Does it really have to be this complicated? I am currently working on a cover that will include a photo mosaic. The photos are in strict rectangles, and they have to fit perfectly. The problem Im having with using Fireworks is that whenever I try to crop a photo to fit, it crops such that all the other contents outside it will be deleted. I only want that certain photo cropped.

Is there a command where I can select a photo and crop a part of it while retaining the canvas?

Note: There are a lot of photos in what Im working on, so it would help a lot if the trick wouldn't take so much time for each. As I can see, the tips in this thread are either complicated or doesn't do as I was looking for since Im not particular about the size as long as the edges would fit exactly.

Cheers