From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

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Cropping for uniformity

Cropping for uniformity

From the course: Learning Graphic Design: Cropping Photographs

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Cropping for uniformity

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- Cropping is simply trimming your picture to a new size or different proportions, or both. There are basically two approaches. One is cropping for utility. The other is cropping for expression. Utility can mean fixing something that's wrong. It can mean cropping to fit a space. It can mean making room for words. Expression means cropping to set a tone or mood. Or draw attention to something. Or convey motion or tension or drama. So what we'll look at for the next while are some ways that this stuff occurs. When you have a series of same themed photos, you generally want the same cropping. Same size, same position in the frame. This is especially true of mug shots, because we're so sensitive to faces. What we have here are four professionally taken portraits, but they're different sizes, different distances from the camera, and what we want is to have them uniform like this. So each has the same presence on the page, and they look like they belong together, like they're one thing…

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