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xshoot2thrill in coupdefoudre

Cropping Tut

Sep 07, 2007 15:46

Once upon a long time ago, someone asked me to write a tut on cropping and text placement, so, here's the tut on cropping! :)

( through here )

tutorials

Comments 22

islandblue September 7 2007, 14:03:12 UTC

Very interesting and informative. The only thought that runs through my mind while I'm figuring out a good crop is "oh this looks good" :>

You know what I noticed though? And this is specifically pertaining to popular fandom icons like Lost or Harry Potter. You can crop an image to a point where it's almost unrecognizable but because people are familiar with the show/movie, they immediately know what they're looking at.

Like this:

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n66/zo_cat36/Icons/LOST/b13.png

christine0701 September 7 2007, 15:02:05 UTC

lol, that's very true!

But, if you want the icon to mean something to other people as well, you couldn't get away with it, eh?

xshoot2thrill September 8 2007, 01:41:38 UTC

yeah, i was thinking about that earlier coz i saw a hp icon in the scene where hermione is threatening her wand at malfoy and all you can see is her armpit framing the shot and then some grass.

and also coz sets like harry potter and lost are so distinctive and in a way restricted, they're immediately recognized.

ljbeauty September 7 2007, 16:12:19 UTC

Its a nice tutorial but IMHO I think your wrong about KB's chin, jaw, lip crop. I think they do define her face allot. It a very popular crop right now where as I feel the second crop is just okay between the two of them. Still nice job.

xshoot2thrill September 8 2007, 01:44:03 UTC

yeah, now that i look at the first kb icon i think you're right. her cheeks/lower face are quite distinctive.

:]

muloove September 7 2007, 20:32:05 UTC

that was really interesting! and something i needed in two ways.
one of which for graphical needs.
and another for which of, i miss school and college, and essays. this was very well written and i did read it all the way through. i'm always interested in this type of writing style =]

thank you very much! i can't wait to see more.

xshoot2thrill September 8 2007, 01:44:43 UTC

aww, thankyou :D

♥

bouncethat September 7 2007, 21:18:12 UTC

this is awesome :)

jordanlover September 7 2007, 23:00:35 UTC

This is brilliant.
It was well written and easy to understand.
Thanks for taking the time to compile this.

xshoot2thrill September 8 2007, 01:45:26 UTC

thankyou :)

i really appreciate the comments :D