iPhoto 6 and Crop Constraining

[Mac In School]

This may be the dumbest question ever asked here.

I basically want to constrain some of my crops to keep them the same as what comes in from my camera, which is a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Does constraining the crop really just constrain the crop, or does it actually resize the image?

The reason I ask: Within the Constrain options, there is a 4:3 Book and a 4:3 DVD. Does it matter which one I use? I mean, 4:3 is 4:3, right? I realize that the default selection is different, but I'm going to re-size anyway. I don't want this thing shrinking my 8-10 MP images just because I want to maintain an aspect ratio.

Thanks.

 

[polycat33]

I'd guess it doesn't resize, but you can easily check by making a copy of a file and doing it, and then viewing it in another program to see if it's dimensions have vastly changed, or only been adjusted so it's the right ratio.

 

[Mac In School]

polycat33,

If we ever meet in person, feel free to punch me in the face for wasting the forum's time.

Sometimes the obvious doesn't dawn on me. Duh.

I cropped the same pic both ways, then opened them up in Photoshop. Image size was the same.

Thanks.