Software for easy cropping to aspect ratio

BlackWizard · 03-12-2018 01:55PM #1

I'm looking to print a few photos and the printer automatically crops them which means people loose heads and limbs.

I think this will work: https://simpletechtutorials.blogspot.com/2015/02/how-to-crop-image-into-169-aspect-ratio.html

But I'd prefer some sort of easier software to use. Is there anything that does this well and conveniently?

GBX · 03-12-2018 02:25PM

What printer are you using?
You probably need to adjust the margin settings in the printer options and/or allow the option to "fit to page" print.

BlackWizard · 03-12-2018 03:16PM

It would really require human intervention because I want to pick what gets included in the photo.

I'd like to be able to select multiple images and combine them all into one page too. I remember windows photos app used to do this but I don't think it allowed for user intervention with cropping

Wabbit Ears · 04-12-2018 02:24PM

We use google picassa for simple cropping as its built in common photo dimensions work well and it keeps a copy of the original.

Photoshop for general cropping when not specifically going for cropping to print sizes

infanview for any bulk stuff like cropping, resizing, adding watermarks etc.

04-12-2018 02:29PM

Wabbit Ears wrote: »

We use google picassa for simple cropping as its built in common photo dimensions work well and it keeps a copy of the original.

I use Picassa myself, and get great results from my Epson workforce 2110
Picasa is not downloadable from Google anymore though, this might be a problem. Picassa might be downloable elsewhere but I'd be mindful of where I'd download it from. I've deleted the Picassa installer file long ago I'm afraid.

brightspark · 04-12-2018 05:36PM

I have a copy of the installer for Picassa if anyone wants it

Wabbit Ears · 05-12-2018 11:08AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Picasa is not downloadable from Google anymore though, this might be a problem.

No way, Weve used it for years!! Its a shame. Unfortunately it started to suck a bit as it didnt display nikon Raw NEF files very well but for general album browsing, cropping, tagging etc it was fantastic!!

5uspect · 14-12-2018 12:29PM

You can get picasa here:

http://www.oldapps.com/picasa.php

A lot of modern operating systems come with basic image editors. The build in Photos app on MacOS can crop to a range of ratios and I’m pretty sure the one in Windows 10 does the same.

Wabbit Ears · 14-12-2018 01:38PM

the basic image editors tend to crop ok but not automatically make a backup of the original.

19-04-2019 06:48PM

Thread a bit old, but the download link for picassa no longer works. T^T

Wabbit Ears · 22-04-2019 10:02AM

The old apps link above is working for me

specky4eyes · 13-05-2019 12:46PM

MS Paint?

Edit: Didn't click link in first post, but yea, MS paint is simple software for cropping jpegs.

Software for easy cropping to aspect ratio

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