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Author Topic: Capturing area with ratio?  (Read 4647 times)

mtemp

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Capturing area with ratio?
« on: November 03, 2015, 02:50 PM »
Hi,

e.g. for screenshots using in Facebook as article image I need the option to capture an area with a ratio of 1,91 x 1

... like in Photoshop:
2015-11-03_shot_004.jpgCapturing area with ratio?

But, ah, this is not possible yet, isn't it?


Thanks!
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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2015, 03:06 PM »
Am I right that we are talking about screenshot captor?

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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2015, 03:23 PM »
Hmm, am I in the wrong forum?

Or didn't I find the option?

Or have I hold a special key by using »Grab Fixed size region«? I tried Shift, Ctrl, and ...


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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2015, 03:55 PM »
oops sorry i didn't realize you had posted in the right area after all, my apologies.

So, first things first, if you make a capture, like a screen capture, you can choose a preset region side from edit menu (and you can customize the choices in options), and then hold ALT key while you drag with mouse to preserve the aspect radio.

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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2015, 04:05 PM »
I need such a "ratio cropping" not after making the screenshot, but as a capturing option.

Why? Because I have to try out several browser sizes for capturing a selection with the ratio for Facebook articles (1,91 x 1), so that I have all the things of the web webpage arranged/positioned within this specific proportions...

I am wondering why this option is missing in this powerful tool which I am using since several years..


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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2015, 06:41 PM »
i could add Alt key support to constrain aspect ratio to red box capture mode, if you were willing to use red box mode for region capture.

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Re: Capturing area with ratio?
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2015, 06:53 PM »
... why not just for "fixed size region"?


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