Aspect Ratio for dummies

[dtissagirl]

So. This is not a tutorial exactly. It is a plea. Please please please stop screwing with the aspect ratio of your icons/wallpaper/digital art.

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Comments

[crackers4jenn]

EE! That's just brilliant.

In PSP, for cropping - when I re-size the picture to get it the size I want, I re-size it using the "lock aspect ratio" feature, so it makes the whole picture smaller - not width one percentage and height the other. When people take a cap, and instead of cropping it, they just shrink it down to 100x100 with the messed up aspect ratio? ARGH.

Thank you muchly for this :D

[dtissagirl]

Dude. I always think people will get the concept of aspect ratio and not try to fit a rectangular image inside a squared space... unfortunately, that's what they try to do. ::stabs::

And I guess the "lock aspect ratio" option in PSP corresponds to the "constrain proportions" one in PS7. :)

[wanderingdream]

the thing with cropping in psp is when you first crop the image, before resizing it... its usually a good idea to also sharpen the image at least once before cropping it... it helps make the image not be so "softened" (like, if you had taken a sharpened image and applied the soften tool... the icon looks like that if you don't sharpen it before resizing i've found) and i agree with the lock aspect ratio feature and i also choose weighted average cause that's what works best for me (cause there's that whole dropdown menu to lock different kinds of aspect ratios)

[dtissagirl]

Photoshop will also blur the image when you crop/resize it. I sharpen it back again after cropping, but I figure doing it backwards will work too. :)

[wanderingdream]

lol i usually sharpen it after cropping but before resizing it, and then sharpening it again and seeing if i like that (sometimes i prefer the natural soften on it)