link resize (not zoom) to scroll wheel ?

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che10234
Dec 28, 2004
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Hi,

I create sports trader cards, I find I always have to play with resize values on a action shot in order to get the my desired crop to fit my card template.

This is how I work now:
– 0pen my my trader card template
– open the action shot
– on the trader card, make a selection for the action layer (597×842) – drag a 597×842 selection over to the action shot
– take a best guess at what the resize should be in order for the action shot crop to fit in the selection.
– resize, drag the selection back (cause it dissapeared) – if it’s a good fit, copy paste back to the trader card template, if not resize again…..

There must be a better way to do this.

I would like to drag the selection over to the action shot, roughly center it over my desired crop, and then somehow use the scroll wheel on my mouse to resize the action shot (back and forth) WITHOUT loosing the selection for visual reference.

I hope I explained things clearly.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Chris
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edjh
Dec 28, 2004
Chris wrote:
Hi,

I create sports trader cards, I find I always have to play with resize values on a action shot in order to get the my desired crop to fit my card template.

This is how I work now:
– 0pen my my trader card template
– open the action shot
– on the trader card, make a selection for the action layer (597×842) – drag a 597×842 selection over to the action shot
– take a best guess at what the resize should be in order for the action shot crop to fit in the selection.
– resize, drag the selection back (cause it dissapeared) – if it’s a good fit, copy paste back to the trader card template, if not resize again…..

There must be a better way to do this.

I would like to drag the selection over to the action shot, roughly center it over my desired crop, and then somehow use the scroll wheel on my mouse to resize the action shot (back and forth) WITHOUT loosing the selection for visual reference.

I hope I explained things clearly.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Chris
I don’t know about scroll wheels since I usually use a Wacom stylus (I think this will work with a wheel though)but why not drag the shot into the template first; lower the opacity of the image so you can see your template space and do Ctrl-T for Transform. Click the link between H and W in the Options Bar and use the arrow keys to resize down or up. One arrow click equals a percent and Shift-arrow equals ten percent. No need to go back and forth between documents.

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John Forest
Dec 31, 2004
Here is a method that may save you a lot of trouble. Set the marquee tool for a fixed aspect ratio and put in the dimensions at 5.97 X 8.42. Then use the marquee tool to select the cropping you want and copy it. Bring it into the template and use edit>transform>scale to size the selection to the correct size to fit the template. (Position one corner of the image where you want it to be, then drag the opposite corner while holding down the shift key to make it fit exactly.)

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