Hot to determine existing Aspect Ratio in iPhoto

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Hot to determine existing Aspect Ratio in iPhoto

Does anyone know how to do this? I can get a pixel ratio, but apparently that's slightly different, plus my math *****, so even if it were the same I wouldn't want to do the sums! I thought maybe one could tell by simply trying to constrain the photo in the relevant ratio (say 5 x 7), and seeing if a constraining box comes up. If it didn't that would presumably tell you it was already the right size. But even if I know the photo is already 5 x 7 (because I cropped it once already), when I hit constrain iPhoto offers to make it smaller again. What am I missing?

Intel Core Duo 20-inch, Mac OS X (10.4.6), Fuji Finepix e550

Posted on Apr 21, 2006 4:52 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 21, 2006 6:56 AM in response to Andrew Howat1

If I understand your query, I don't think you're missing anything. iPhoto always creates a bounding box (don't know if that is the official name for it) when you select a dimension for constrain. It's a starting place. You can tell if it's already constrained to that ratio by expanding the box to the corners of the image. If the box fills the image, you're already at that ratio. It would be nice if iPhoto gave you a diemsion in inches as well as pixels. Having the bouding box constantly appear as you step through photos is irritating.

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Answer 2

Apr 21, 2006 8:02 AM in response to Phil Brown2

Thanks a lot Phil!

I didn't realise you could expand the bounding box like that, now it all makes sense.

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Answer 3

Apr 21, 2006 8:21 AM in response to Andrew Howat1

Glad to be of help. The bounding box is how you select the portion of the image to use. A well-cropped photo has a lot of impact. (Sorry for the typos in the previous reply. That's what I get for not previewing.)

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Answer 4

Apr 21, 2006 8:48 AM in response to Phil Brown2

Hey I didn't even spell the thread title properly!

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haku h

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Apr 22, 2006 4:45 PM in response to Phil Brown2

well the bounding box (?) doesn't seem to work if you have the pictures printed online; they don't necessarily use the same parameters, and there is no way to say "print to maximum size" or whatever magic words would work.

I have had a worse problem trying to use a cd of my iPhoto folder at the local kodak/drug store kiosk--it says "poor quality image" or some such, which is not true. Do these things only work with pc generated cards?

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