Lightroom cropping for 4x6 prints

Hello all,using the lastest version of lightroom.I do alot of our boy scout troop pictures.Sometimes i have to get them printed out for our COH cermonies.The last time when i processed them alittle and then cropped them for a better look,when i took them to get printed off they had some head cut offs,arms ect.Is there a way to crop them using a lightroom setting that lets me know that ive got the right crop.Im looking for a 4x6 framed shot.It looks close when i crop them but the walgreens photo lab sends them back with the heads cut off ect.

Dont mean to ramble but can any recommend a preset or function that asures me my pics are a 4x6 frammed shot?Ive looked into LR some but its kinda overwheming piece of software.

Thanks for any and all responses.Happy Shooting.

Have you considered setting the dimensions when exporting? I had the same issue and this is what I was thinking of trying. Im hoping it will just re-size the file to fit the sizing needed while maintaining the image its self.

I could be very wrong here though.

http://livedocs.adobe.​com …04-9BF7-BBF6BC42FB3E.html

to add to that, you can hit 'x' on the keyboard to easily rotate between portrait/landscape crops.

Wow that was fast.Thanks alot !!If i would just digged alittle harder i could have found this out myself.But once again POTN comes thru again.My only question now is that when you select the crop ratio 2x3/4x6 which one does it use?Not sure how to tell the difference.Thanks everyone.Happy Shooting

2X3 and 4X6 are identical

A 4x6 print has the same "aspect ratio" of your original (from a DSLR such as your Rebel), meaning that your original shot can print without cropping.

Your problem is likely caused by cropping the shot at the long end so then the print software needed to "stretch" the pic out to fit the print size and so things were clipped going the other direction.

So to prevent this, for a 4x6 print you need to set your crop aspect ratio to the proper one.

When you click the Crop tool you will see the "Aspect:" setting. Click the actual setting (by default it says "Original" but will show whatever cropping you may have done, maybe saying "Custom") and a drop-down list will appear. On the list you will see "2x3/4x6" and that will return you to the proper aspect ratio for a 4x7 print. Or, you can click "Original" and get the same aspect ratio.

Note that for other print sizes, such as a 5x7, you will need an aspect ratio that is "narrower" than the 4x6 -- choose the 5x7 and you will see the effect. You can't get away from this with "standard" print sizes. Some "fit" the 4x6 aspect ratio, but many don't (such as an 8x10, 11x14, etc) so you will need to crop. But you can keep the original and print to a "non-standard" print size and have matting that can be cut to fit the print and than will fit into a frame of your choice.

BrandonSi wrote in post #13693151
http://livedocs.adobe.​com …04-9BF7-BBF6BC42FB3E.html

to add to that, you can hit 'x' on the keyboard to easily rotate between portrait/landscape crops.

I didnt know that. Good stuff might have to check it out.

ReDDoG wrote in post #13693376
Wow that was fast.Thanks alot !!If i would just digged alittle harder i could have found this out myself.But once again POTN comes thru again.My only question now is that when you select the crop ratio 2x3/4x6 which one does it use?Not sure how to tell the difference.Thanks everyone.Happy Shooting

2x3 and 4x6 are identical aspect ratios -- they don't specify the size in inches. That is up to you to specify -- you could print a 4x6, a 2x3, a 6x9, an 8x12, a 12x18 -- do you see, just do some math to get the print sizes you could do. Multiply 2 and 3 by anything, or the ratio 1.5 -- take one dimension and multiply it by 1.5 to get the wider dimension.

So, 20x1.5 is 30, meaning that your "2x3/4x6" aspect ratio could produce a 20x30 print.