How to resize photo to an exact pixel size?

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How to resize photo to an exact pixel size?

I am working on my wife's photography business website using a Pro Photo Blog design that requires photos to be resized to an exact pixel size for certain areas of the site. I need the photos to be resized to 600 x 300 pixels. I would assume that I would need to crop an area of the photo for that size considering if you resize one these giant images down to 600 x 300 it would distort the image somewhat. Can someone help me with this issue? I am using Aperture.

Aperture 3, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 10:23 PM

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Answer 1

léonie

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Jul 24, 2012 10:58 PM in response to justabry13

Here is a sample screenshot:

Select the image you want to export in the Browser.
Then press the "crop tool" icon (or simply the "C" key").
In the "Crop HUD set the "Aspect ratio" to custom and the width to 2 and the height to 1. This will give you crop rectangle with a ratio od width and height of 2 to 1.
Adjust the corners of the rectangle to the section of your image that you want to export.

Then press "Apply"

Regards

Léonie

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Answer 2

léonie

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Jul 24, 2012 10:34 PM in response to justabry13

Two steps:

First use the crop tool to crop the image to an aspect ratio of 2 to 1
Then export the version with a custom export preset (use the export prset > edit option and create a new preset), setting the "fit in" sizes to 600 x 300

Regards

Léonie

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Answer 3

justabry13 Author

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Jul 24, 2012 10:42 PM in response to léonie

Thank you for the help. Can you explain the crop procedure? That confuses me.

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