Six cutting techniques in the later stage of photography

Lead: What do you do when you think the photo is not to your liking? Most of us use cropping to re-compose the picture, which not only makes the picture more pleasing to the eye, but also makes the interesting focus of the picture clearer. Here are six tips for cutting photos.

Photography 1 Six cutting techniques in the later stage, cutting according to the traditional proportion.

When cutting photos, did you find that after cutting, the photos all looked strange? Many times, it's because you didn't cut it in proportion. The traditional 135mm full-frame camera uses a ratio of 3: 2, and now the general SLR camera will use a ratio of 3: 2; Because 3: 2 is the size ratio of camera film negative, and it is also the size ratio of photosensitive elements now. In the digital age, the size ratio of photosensitive elements of portable digital cameras is 4: 3; By the time the LCD screen rose, photos with the ratio of 16: 9 gradually developed, and many camera manufacturers built this ratio into their cameras. The advantage is that there will be no black edges when looking at photos on the LCD screen, which will affect the impression.

In addition to the rectangular scale, there are square photos of 1: 1. The most classic 1: 1 photo is polaroid, which is believed to be the childhood memories of many readers. Many art photographers like to use 1: 1

In short, the above photo scales are all traditional photo scales. We don't recommend readers to cut photos casually, because these proportions will make people look most comfortable and eager. No matter how strange the proportion is, it will make the photo more special, but it will look weird.

Saving as a new file is very important.

Cutting digital photos is to get rid of unnecessary things; Digital cropped photos have a chance to be re-created, and most retouching software has an option to restore them to prevent users from accidentally correcting their mistakes. But the opportunity is for yourself. No one can save you if you save the cut photos. As the saying goes, the original files are the most precious and the most practical to save. We suggest that readers save photos as new files after cutting them. The most important thing is to save the original file. Even if they don't like the original cutting in the future, they can still use the original file to cut again in the future. In addition, pixels will be lost after cropping. If you find that it can't be used in some cases, there is no chance of regret.

▲ Many times we will open an extra folder to put the processed photos.

3 Straighten the level by the way.

Just like housewives always cover an onion when they buy food in the market, we always put the photos back on track when we cut them. Many times, we only pay attention to the theme when shooting, but ignore the level of the photo. When adjusting the level in the future, some allowance will be sacrificed. We will advise readers to adjust the photo horizontally before cutting it, because there will be no more edge loss.

Learn to compose music again.

When taking pictures, we all have our own composition methods; When you cut your own photos, you can have a chance to re-compose them. As long as it is cut in proportion, the original subject can be more prominent or even transferred. At present, many cutting functions of software, such as Photoshop, are accompanied by TIC-tac-toe composition, and users can re-compose according to TIC-tac-toe composition method, which is very convenient.

▲ Re-composition with TIC-tac-toe composition.

5 Pre-cut reserved space

If you find that the focal length of the lens in your hand is not far enough, or if you only have a fixed focus lens but you can't get close, you should shoot first and then cut. We should reserve enough space on the top, bottom, left and right of the main body for cutting and re-composition. The more space reserved, the higher the flexibility of cutting; But pay attention to the problem of pixels. If the subject is too far away, or the more space is reserved, the fewer pixels will be cropped. The fewer pixels, the more difficult it is to enlarge and print photos, and the less area is used. Therefore, when shooting, we must strike a balance between flexibility and pixels, or shoot multiple photos with different focal lengths to facilitate cutting.

▲ It doesn't matter if the focal length of the lens is not far enough, you can cut it off and save it.

6 Skillfully use tailoring to avoid problems

Sometimes when shooting with a super wide-angle lens or shooting with a large aperture, there will be light loss in four corners; Cleverly cutting the edge position can effectively correct the loss of light, so that the photographer can enjoy the ultra-shallow depth of field brought by the large aperture and have a photo with general light. In addition, sometimes the extra people or things in the camera can be taken away from the picture by cutting, so that the photo will have a cleaner picture and a better impression.

▲ When shooting with a wide-angle focal length, you will often encounter the problem of four corners falling out.

▲ After cutting: By cutting, the problem of light loss can be avoided.