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From: Phillip Jones on 30 May 2010 20:49 AES wrote: > In article<1jjbf6i.11obxq54yeau0N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > >>> Same ver. here, but in no way I can make it save cropped any image. - It >>> always returns to the original size again. - So I've given up on it and >>> now only uses either GraphicConverter or Photoshop CS2. >> >> Okay, so we've established that Preview _does_ crop for everyone but >> you. Imagine my surprise! >> > > Are there different interpretations of the term crop in play here? > > My experience is that if you crop pixel files, e.g. in Photoshop > Elements and do a Save of the cropped file, accepting all alterations, > at the time you close it (or do as Save As Copy), the outer cropped area > is gone, and you get a permanent crop. > > If you do what some programs refer to as a crop on vector files (e.g., > in Illustrator), the resulting action is more a like a masking > operation: you no longer see the masked area, but the allegedly cropped > data is still there in the underlying file, even after a Save. The above is also the way acrobat works even though you crop an item you can undo the crop unless you resave the file under another name. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: Dan Juarez on 30 May 2010 20:55 On 2010-05-30 12:08:43 -0600, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> said: > Preview can't crop Mine can crop. Maybe you're on an old version that cannot? I'm on OS X 10.6.3. -- Dan Juarez Cedar City, Utah --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Phillip Jones on 30 May 2010 21:01 Mike Rosenberg wrote: > Tom Stiller<tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> Exactly! - But what does that help, when it's impossible to save >>> afterwards? >> >> What happens when you select "Save" or "Save As..." from the file menu >> after cropping the image? > > Oh, he stated that clearly and concisely elsewhere in this thread: > > "...a message tells me that it can't save the file." > > <4c02fbac$0$4807$ba624c82(a)nntp02.dk.telia.net> > Tried the latest version of Preview and it crops and rotates and saves fine OSX.4.11. Sounds like he needs to repair permissions or needs to run a repair utility of some kind. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: Phillip Jones on 30 May 2010 21:16 Phillip Jones wrote: > Mike Rosenberg wrote: >> Tom Stiller<tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>> Exactly! - But what does that help, when it's impossible to save >>>> afterwards? >>> >>> What happens when you select "Save" or "Save As..." from the file menu >>> after cropping the image? >> >> Oh, he stated that clearly and concisely elsewhere in this thread: >> >> "...a message tells me that it can't save the file." >> >> <4c02fbac$0$4807$ba624c82(a)nntp02.dk.telia.net> >> > > Tried the latest version of Preview and it crops and rotates and saves > fine OSX.4.11. > > Sounds like he needs to repair permissions or needs to run a repair > utility of some kind. > That's supposed to be latest version of preview for OSX.4.11 Sorry about the left out words. -- Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it" http://www.phillipmjones.net mailto:pjones1(a)kimbanet.com
From: John Varela on 30 May 2010 21:18
On Sun, 30 May 2010 18:08:43 UTC, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > Preview can't crop, but sure it can rotate both clockwise and > contra-clockwise + flip horizontal and vertical... Preview -> Tools menu. Preview rotates in units of 90 degrees. If the camera was held a few degrees off horizontal and you want to straighten it, you need a different tool. -- John Varela |