Cropping a photo to a specific size

While free form cropping, or cropping to a specific aspect ratio is useful, there…are many times that you'll want to crop for a very specific size.…Maybe you need to make a print, and you want to put the image into a frame.…It's a lot easier to crop it in iPhoto than it is to sit there with a pair of…scissors trying to guess.…Here is how it works.…With the image open, I'll click the Crop button, and from the pop-up menu, I…could choose a size that I want.…A popular size is the 5 x 7 print.…Now, these sizes may change depending upon where you live.…

If your iPhoto has been localized to a specific country or language, you may see…different items in the pop-up menu. Let's go with 5 x 7.…And you'll notice, in this case, that it's the wrong shape, and as I drag, I'm limited.…That's because I need to change Constrain as landscape or portrait.…In this case, I want a portrait aspect ratio, and what I'm trying to do is crop…the image to fit just this window.…All right, that's looking lot better.…I'm happy with that crop, and I can click Done.…