the ratio of the width to the height of an image
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What historic reasons are there for common aspect ratios?
The most common width to height ratio rates in the "old good" paper photography seems to be 3:2, which was adopted by today's DSLRs. Early (non-professional) digital cameras adopted 4:3 aspect ratio, ...
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Is there a recommended aspect ratio for panoramic photos?
I'm learning to create panoramic photos. I'd like to know if there's any recommended proportion to determine its size. I have the feeling that 4:1 is fine, but I could'nt find any pattern.
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What are the advantages of shooting a particular aspect ratio?
My camera can shoot in 4 different aspect ratios (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, and 1:1). Aside from personal preference of composition are there any advantages to choosing one over the other? Is there an industry ...
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Is there a way to search by aspect ratio in Lightroom?
Is there a way to add useful aspect-ratio search to Lighroom?
The present interface (LR 3.2) gives only 3 options: Landscape, Portrait and Square.
Those seem more like orientations than aspect-ratios ...
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What should I consider for cropping aspect ratios?
The question What things should one take into account when looking at cropping a photo? asks about factors that affect composition during cropping.
I'm interested in a very specific sub-set of this, ...
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How do you change from portrait to landscape in Lightroom?
I have a picture that I shot in landscape (4x6 ratio) that I want to crop to portrait (5x7 ratio). I see how I can do a 5x7 landscape or a 4x6 portrait, but not a 5x7 portrait.
How do you do this?
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What is the crop factor for Four Thirds cameras considering aspect ratios?
I'm considering switching to the Micro Four Thirds system. Finding lenses which match my style is a key part of that, and "normalizing" via crop factor is a convenient tool.
The crop factor for Four ...
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rotated images appear 'squashed' on digital frame
I hope I can explain this in a way that makes sense:
Using a Nikon D70s I have taken photos with the camera held in the vertical (portrait) orientation -- think of taking a photo of a flagpole.
When ...
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Do any Nikon FX cameras allow square-format shooting with DX lenses?
When one uses a Nikon DX (APS-C) camera on an FX camera body, the camera automatically enters a "DX crop mode", using only the center portion of the sensor to match the DX format, as explained on ...
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Adobe Bridge aspect ratio terminology
Why does Adobe Bridge's filter panel lists DSLR photographs' aspect ratios as 2:3? Everywhere else I have looked, this ratio is named 3:2.
Same thing with 4:3 which is listed as 3:4. There doesn't ...
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Lightroom: print or export for online printing of specific aspect ratios
Which is better?
Use the Develop module to crop an image to a specific ratio and then export it to a JPEG
or
use the Print Module and print them to a JPG with a specific page size (aspect ratio)?
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Printing photos to a specific size
I have a Mac and Lightroom 4 and a full frame camera Nikon D700
Wishing to upload a photo to my lab for a photo to be printed at 10 x 8
Using Lightroom what should the aspect ratio be.
Do I choose ...
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Most Common Aspect Ratio?
I'm building a web site that will allow users to upload photos. For design and layout purposes, I need to know the most common aspect ratios users will upload. What is the most common aspect ratio of ...
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How do I compose an image for use as a browser background or wallpaper on a widescreen monitor?
I want to use some of my images for the background of a web page in my browser and for computer desktop wallpaper on my widescreen notebook.
When I use a (landscape oriented) picture as is (in a ...
