100% crop, explain, please

ginger_55

It was explained, and I still don't understand what it means. Please, PF, someone, can you please explain in non technical, but thorough language, what a 100% crop is.

ginger

pathfinder

ginger_55 wrote:

It was explained, and I still don't understand what it means. Please, PF, someone, can you please explain in non technical, but thorough language, what a 100% crop is.

ginger

Ginger, When they say it is a 100% crop I interpret that to mean that the image has not been cropped at all, that is is just the size and shape that it was recorded by the sensor. No trimming of the edges at all.

DavidTO

See? Now I think that 100% crop means that your seeing the image 1:1, that is, you're seeing it at the pixel level, each pixel on your screen is a pixel in the image. You've blown it up to 100%. You crop it, since an image that size would be HUGE.

pathfinder

DavidTO wrote:

See? Now I think that 100% crop means that your seeing the image 1:1, that is, you're seeing it at the pixel level, each pixel on your screen is a pixel in the image. You've blown it up to 100%. You crop it, since an image that size would be HUGE.

Now I can see there are different ways to interpret 100% crop. I guess you have to consider the context perhaps? I think the answer I gave is a repeat of an answer Shay made on another thread in dgrin.

ginger_55

Thanks, another one for the book of terms. .

g

Michiel de Brieder

like David said.

a crop: part of the picture

100%: full sized, as recorded

100% crop: a part of the original picture that is shown at 100%

here's a resized picture:

and attached is a 100% crop of the top of Sids shirt

Andy

and, imo, the easiest way to do it
ginger, and anyone

here's how i make a 100% crop in photoshop

select the "rectangular marquee" tool
go to the toolbar for this tool (up near the top)
select "fixed size" from the dropdown box
enter the dimensions in pixels you want for this crop (e.g. 500px by 500 px)
now click on your image, a dotted box appears exactly that size
you can move the box around with your mouse, click and hold, drag
when you have it where you want it, do ctrl-c (copy) or edit>copy
now do file>new and click OK on the next dialog box
voila, you have your 100% crop. now save this file using "save as"

easy as pie!


mmmmmm pie.............. :food

windoze

ive never understood this term either until now, thanx Ginger for bringing it up... Now if i can only figure out when to use "then or than" i'll feel complete....


troy

ginger_55 wrote:

It was explained, and I still don't understand what it means. Please, PF, someone, can you please explain in non technical, but thorough language, what a 100% crop is.

ginger

Shay Stephens

Michiel has demonstrated what a 100% crop is perfectly.

There is no resizing done on a 100% crop. You are seeing the image at 100%, one pixel of the image occupies one pixel of the screen. And to keep things from being to large and having to scroll from here to eternity, one crops the image so only a portion of the image is displayed. Thus a 100% crop is made.

Angelo

windoze wrote:

ive never understood this term either until now, thanx Ginger for bringing it up... Now if i can only figure out when to use "then or than" i'll feel complete....
troy

Hope you were serious because I can't resist this challenge.

"Than" is a comparitive adjective.
"Then" measures a unit of time.

~In school I learned that a car is more expensive than a bicycle. I then went to the cafeteria for lunch.~

Andy

it's all about the food!

Angelo wrote:

.....then went to the cafeteria for lunch.~

:eat

DoctorIt

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

like David said.

a crop: part of the picture

100%: full sized, as recorded

100% crop: a part of the original picture that is shown at 100%

Perfect

Refer anyone to this explanation and example if they ever have questions again.

ginger_55

Great, Thanks so much, everone. To know is better than not to know. Then I can figure out why I would want to use it, too.

g

Thanks, Michiel, especially.