ClearBlueSky85

Q: Rotate crop box fixed aspect ratio

I am trying to change the orientation of my picture, from landscape to portrait  for example from 4:3 to 3:4... I have no idea how to do this in iOS 9. The rotate icon rotates the entire picture, along with the crop box. Why are the rotate and crop tools combined? It does not make any sense. I can only rotate the image 45 degrees. So if I had the crop box set at 4:3 then I could not rotate the image sideways so that it fit inside the crop box.  Does anyone know how to change the crop aspect ratio from either portrait to landscape and vice versa?

Posted on Nov 9, 2015 7:30 PM

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  • by ClearBlueSky85,Apple recommended

    ClearBlueSky85 ClearBlueSky85 Nov 9, 2015 8:03 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85
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    Nov 9, 2015 8:03 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85

    I guess I found the answer to my own question, after a while fiddling around, maybe it might be helpful to other people.  Basically I just manually move around and resize the crop box by dragging the boundary into a roughly portrait shape without any aspect ratio applied, then when I click on the aspect ratio option, 3:4 shows up, instead of 4:3

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 10, 2015 10:31 AM in response to ClearBlueSky85
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    Nov 10, 2015 10:31 AM in response to ClearBlueSky85

    Are you referring to editing on your mobile device or on your Mac?  If on your Mac which app are your using: iPhoto or the new Photos?

     

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  • by ClearBlueSky85,

    ClearBlueSky85 ClearBlueSky85 Nov 10, 2015 2:51 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Nov 10, 2015 2:51 PM in response to Old Toad

    It's on my mobile device with iOS 9.  I didn't know there was an app called iPhoto, on my iPhone it is just called photos.  I'd also like to find an easy way to copy photos other than emailing to myself. I know that I can restore changes to the photo, but what if I want to keep both two versions one of the cropped version and one of the original version, I don't see any easy way to do this. The cropping seems not very intuitive  where I have to select or un-select the aspect ratio button and then manipulate it close to what I want and then try the aspect ratio button again to get the portrait instead of landscape

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Nov 10, 2015 3:18 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85
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    Nov 10, 2015 3:18 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85

    iPhoto is an app for the Mac.  Glad to hear you found the solution.

  • by Thodsaphon,

    Thodsaphon Thodsaphon Sep 7, 2016 9:14 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85
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    Sep 7, 2016 9:14 PM in response to ClearBlueSky85

    Thank you, it did helpful for me