Urgent crop question

Let's say that I want to print a 5x7 at 300ppi. The composition of the full frame is what I want, but when I use the crop tool at 5x7 it completely takes the composition away. How do I print the full frame at 5x7 with the same pure quality?

Instead of using the crop tool, use the rectangular selection tool. Set the "Style" to Fixed Aspect Ratio. Put 5 and 7 in for the Height and Width (Or Width and Height as desired).

Drag the Selection over the area that you want.

(KEEP THIS IN MIND: If your original shot is anything OTHER THAN a 5x7 ratio you WILL HAVE unselected areas left over on the top and bottom, or the left and right. Photoshop can do a lot, but it CANNOT alter the laws of geometry just for you!)

Once the area is selected, then go to Image / Crop, and you will end up with a crop of exactly what you selected.

Rad

How about 5x7 image size and constrain proportions?

Although there is a question mark at the end of that, I have no idea what you are asking. Please elucidate.

Rad

If you want to print an image in anything other than its native aspect ratio, you have a choice. Either you crop away part of the image, or you leave a (usually white) border on one pair of edges.

An image out of a Canon digital SLR is 3:2 (1.5:1) - it will go without cropping onto a 6x4 piece of paper. If you want to print a 7x5, that's 7:5 aspect ratio (1.4:1). Assuming a landscape image, you'll either have to crop away part of the left and right hand edges of the image, or print with white borders at the top and bottom. It is impossible to crop to a different aspect ratio and preserve everything about the image!

The other alternative is not to print at 7x5, but to print at, say, 7.5x5, which is in the 3:2 aspect ratio.

David

If you are using a shot from your 20D is it is 3:2 ration and you want to print 5:7. There is no way without distortion to keep your entire image and print 5x7. When you know you want to give a 5x7, 8x10, or 11x14 shot to someone you need to remember to not fill your subject with the whole frame so you can crop to the correct proporation.