Cropping

[fotographer.nz]

I know I'm setting myself up for a lambasting here ....

I know what you’re thinking …

“But I need to crop away some dead space!”  No.
“I have to crop to the Rule of Thirds!”  No.
“Shouldn’t I remove that …”  No.
“What about …”  No.
“But …”  NO.

but .... I can't help but ask

When you wrote that article did PS have the option to unclick "delete cropped pixels"?

And if it didn't, now that we have the option to non-destructively crop could it now be included as part of the editing workflow especially if we used the 11x15 ratios?

(puts on protective gear and sits back to wait)

 

[Damien Symonds]

"Delete Cropped Pixels" must ALWAYS be checked. Never uncheck it.

[fotographer.nz]

oh why? doesn't that just mean that the pixels are still there if you decide you need a different crop?

[Damien Symonds]

Yes, but why would you ever need that?  Think it through.

[fotographer.nz]

I was thinking if I ever had a background that I had to clone a pattern out, it would help me better vizualize the balance of the flowers or whatever or for when adding a vignette so that it was balanced properly.

[Damien Symonds]

Geez you're scraping the bottom of the bullshit barrel here.

The next time you have a photo which you think would benefit from premature cropping, post it for me and we'll discuss why you're wrong.

[fotographer.nz]

lol ok

I was just wondering because if the case for not cropping was only because the pixels were lost, then if you don't actually delete the pixels doesn't that remove that problem.  But maybe not clicking 'delete pixels' does something else that I'm not aware of.

Edited October 4, 2017 by fotographer.nz