Pano Question

I have been wanting to take a panorama of NYC and frame it to go over my TV for a while now, so I finally went out and took the shot. It came out fairly well, but now I need a little advice on cropping.

I like how everything looks and I would hate to crop things out if I don't have to. So is there a way to in PS to adjust the size of my photo to fit a normal pano size? Also, what size would you suggest I go for? I was thinking 5ft by 12in or so.

In addition, I am aware of the PS-->image size--> punch in new size parameters, but when I lower the length down to 60in (5ft) the height knocks down to 8in or so, which I think is far too skinny. Unfortunately I am at work and wont be able to post the photo for a while, but when I get home I will post it as a reference.

Thanks in advance for any help.
Mike

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Look forward to seeing it.

Well, one thing you can do is adjust the parameters in "Image Size" and turn off the "Constrain Proportions" button at the bottom. Then, set your parameters to 12in x 60in (giving a 1x5 aspect ratio). It will stretch the image to these parameters, and I hope when you do this that it looks good.

If you are working in Photoshop CS6, you can choose the aspect ratio in the Crop toolbar, then scale the crop window appropriately. You may, however, lose part of your image.

Hope this helps.

John