The Art of Cropping

Modern image-editing programs are packed with powerful adjustment tools that provide complex algorithms for radically altering the color, tone, and even content of an image. Despite all this technology, though, you'll often find that the single best tool for saving a bad image is your crop tool...

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Published inMacworld (San Francisco, Calif.) Vol. 27; no. 11; p. 80
Main Author Long, Ben
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco IDG Communications/Peterborough 01.11.2010
Subjects
Digital photography
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Image processing systems
United States > US
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ISSN0741-8647

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Summary:Modern image-editing programs are packed with powerful adjustment tools that provide complex algorithms for radically altering the color, tone, and even content of an image. Despite all this technology, though, you'll often find that the single best tool for saving a bad image is your crop tool. When you crop, you reduce the total number of pixels in your image. If you ultimately intend to print your image, then you'll need to be careful about how much you crop. When cropping, think about the same compositional ideas you do when shooting. Your goal is to help the viewer understand what the subject of your image is.
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ISSN:0741-8647