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Before: original file

Cropping photos

Sometimes it’s good to crop a photo because it didn’t turn out as expected, or it needs a new angle

After: cropped image

Cropping your photos

Before…

little robin, a bit lost…

After…

completely new photo!

Benefits of cropping

• gain more detail• gain more impact• tidy up photo• cut unwanted parts• change the composition

Problems whencropping

• focus is not perfect• loss of resolution• poor quality to enlarge• lose ‘bigger picture’

e.g. the top photo was originally only 1600x1200 pixels (taken on 2.1 mega-pixel camera, 1999, BTW) – the cropped image would not enlarge much beyond 7x5 inches for printing

Cropping photos with Picasa i)

Click on CROP tool, on first tab in Picasa once image opened

Cropping photos with Picasa ii)

Different presets to choose from, or do your own.N.B. keep your final photo as large as possible for printing

Cropping photos with Picasa iii)

now “save as”

or “Export “ (folder icon below)