What is cropping?
Cropping is a technique used to resize and recompose photographs to fit layout picture areas. You can also crop to emphasize a photo’s center of interest or eliminate unappealing backgrounds. Since layouts are often drawn before photos are selected, it’s unlikely the prints you receive from your photographer will fit the picture areas on your layout. For that reason, photos can be enlarged, reduced and altered in shape. Cropping relates to the concept of proportionality. To be in proportion, the dimensions of a photo and its layout area must have the same width-to-height ratio. For example, a small square, if expanded, will fit exactly into a larger square. And, a 2 by 6-inch photo will reduce exactly into a 1-by-3-inch picture area. Note: Enlarging a photograph more than 200 percent may cause the photo to lose clarity.
“Cropping” is altering the boundaries of a finished photograph by trimming or masking the photograph. This can be done manually or digitally. You can learn how to enhance your photographs with imaginative cropping, matting, borders, and placement on the page, and then add creative and appealing captions. A “cropping party” is when a group of scrapbookers get together and share their flair.
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