Aperture: How to crop images for print orders

  • Last Modified: June 10, 2008
  • Article: HT1993
  • Old Article: 305630

Summary

When you place print orders from Aperture, it's important to make sure the aspect ratio of your images matches that of the ordered prints.

Products Affected

Aperture, Photo Services

Here's how to do it:

  1. Create a duplicate version of each image by highlighting the image and choosing Images > Duplicate Version.
  2. Select the crop tool by pressing c on your keyboard.
  3. In the Crop HUD, enable the Constrain cropping tool to checkbox, and from the pop-up menu choose the aspect ratio that matches the size of print you plan to order.
  4. Drag the crop tool over the image to highlight the portion you wish to include. When you're satisfied with the selection, press Return.

Here are the suggested crop ratios for print orders:

Crop ratio 2x3, 3x2,
4x6, 6x4		 2x3, 4x6,
3x2, 6x4		 5x7,
7x5		 8x10,
10x8		 8x10,
10x8		 2x3, 4x6,
3x2, 6x4

If you plan to order different size prints of the same image, you may need to create additional duplicate versions of the image, so that you can use an appropriate crop ratio for each print size.

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