Easy crop to 16:9 tools?? - DPChallenge Forums

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

01/13/2008 12:21:38 PM · #1

I use LR, DPP & Fastone but none of these seem to have an easy crop to 16:9 (they can all do it with a lot more steps).

I am looking for something where I can define a 16:9 ratio and stamp a stack of photos by moving a box around each image and have it create the 16:9 image based on where I put the rectangle. I have a stack to do, so was hoping to make this as simple as possible... suggestions??

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/13/2008 12:24:18 PM · #2

I can easily do that in Paintshop Pro. I create a crop of the appropriate size and then save it as a preset. the crop tool will default to the last setting used, which makes it easy to apply to multiple images.

I am not familiar with those applications you are using, though.

Message edited by author 2008-01-13 17:25:40.

smurfguy

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/13/2008 12:29:53 PM · #3

Google's Picasa has a handy ratio crop tool, and being a browser tool, it's pretty fast to whip through them.

Unfortunately, I don't think it has 16:9. It has the common photo sizes: 4x6, 5x7. and 8x10. =)

-Jeff

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/13/2008 12:38:41 PM · #4

Forgot about Picasa... Thx; Let me have a play there.

So I tell my parents when getting their digi photo frame to MAKE SURE IT'S 4:3 (to match their P&S) but noooooo.... they like the widescreen thingi with the dickie aspect like my stupid TV that never fits anything :-/ Sorry about that rant.... back to your schedule programme now....

geoffb

01/13/2008 12:58:28 PM · #5

Originally posted by robs:

I use LR, DPP & Fastone but none of these seem to have an easy crop to 16:9

Setting the custom crop aspect in Lightroom is pretty easy.

latentflip

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

01/13/2008 01:00:35 PM · #6

If you enter a 16x9 crop once in lightroom as a custoom crop dimension it will save it at the bottom of the list to use in the future...
ETA: too late.

Message edited by author 2008-01-13 18:00:48.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

01/13/2008 03:04:13 PM · #7

Yeah, I know how to do it in LR, the prob is that I don't want to change the crop or no-crop of the existing images and I certainly don't want to create that many virtual copies. I just want to run thru the processed images and slice the top off where I want rather then letting the digi frame do it.

Picasa is no good because you cannot define anything then the std ratios.

Apple iPhone 5

01/13/2008 04:05:18 PM · #8

FastStone does it (well, it slices the same amount off the top and bottom)

- Go into Tools / Batch Convert Rename
- Select all the images you want to crop
- Make sure you've ticked 'Use Advanced Options'
- Click the 'Advanced Options' button, go into the Crop tab, set your ratio