How to crop for panorama

[pgman]

Hi,

I have a panorama of 8790 pixels by 3290 pixels. I need to print it on an 11 by 16.5 inch paper at a commercial photo lab.

I have the image in a frame with the title below in the frame. It's done with zFrame and zText.

How can I crop the frame so that the image does not get cropped? I just want to crop the grey background of the frame. I do not want to crop the image itself. When I go into the crop mode, ASP removes the frame and wants to crop the image.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

[WilsonC]

Is this a Raw file you are working on? If so, couldn't you just turn of zFrame and zText?

[pgman]

Is this a Raw file you are working on? If so, couldn't you just turn of zFrame and zText?

The image is raw (actually a TIFF), then I had the zframe & ztext. It's the zframe that I want to crop to fit the exact dimension of 3:2. I want to keep the inside of the image intact.

Right now I had to export to JPEG, use Lightroom to import the JPEG and crop a little bit of the zframe. I'd like to keep it ASP.

Thanks

[SteveCase]

Tried changing the X-Y ratio?

I have also just made the frame large enough and let the print shop chop as needed.

[pgman]

Tried changing the X-Y ratio?

Yes, already done that

I have also just made the frame large enough and let the print shop chop as needed.

I'd prefer not to do that. Right now, I'm using Lightroom to do the final crop, but...

[WilsonC]

I just want to crop the grey background of the frame. I do not want to crop the image itself. When I go into the crop mode, ASP removes the frame and wants to crop the image.

This statement right here is the key. I'm guessing that you have not output the image, so the zText and zFrame are still sitting there as non-destructive edits. Try going to those plugins in AfterShot and look for the "enable" buttons....if they are enabled, and you do not want to output an image to the lab with the frame and text...then simply disable the plugins. Then output the image through one of the Batch Output options, or create your own Batch Output.

The zFrame plugin will temporarily be disabled when you go into crop mode....this is the way it has always behaved for me. This is because the edit is not actually applied to the image until it goes through an Output batch. Although the preview in AfterShot will show the frame in the preview and thumbnail image....it is actually part of a "recipe" (which is part of the genius of non-destructive editing). You can check this with your TIF file by opening the exact same file in an application other than AfterShot. If you have not Output your image through AfterShot, you will not see the zFrame applied (or any of your edits made in AfterShot Pro).

[WilsonC]

I re-read your question an it sounds like perhaps zFrame is throwing off the Aspect Ratio of your original image? You can fix this by going into the "Settings" tab of zFrame, and then set the drop-menu labeled "Base" to "Keep Aspect". This will make sure that the extra dimensions added to your image do not change the original aspect ratio.

[pgman]

I re-read your question an it sounds like perhaps zFrame is throwing off the Aspect Ratio of your original image? You can fix this by going into the "Settings" tab of zFrame, and then set the drop-menu labeled "Base" to "Keep Aspect". This will make sure that the extra dimensions added to your image do not change the original aspect ratio.

Yes it does and that would solve my problem