This morning I installed the free try out version of Photolab 8.
Importing Nikon RAW-images, some edit operations and exporting as a DNG-file worked well, but not the cropping tool.
Before I used to crop JPG-files in a very old and simple Picture manager program of Office 2010, shown in file 1, by specifying the number of pixels for moving crop handles at the top-, right-, bottom- and left-side of an image, as shown in attachment 1.
But I cann’t find the way how to do this in Photolab 1, starting from the palette for cropping (I cann’t show this position in DXO PL because as a new user I’m only allowed to attach one file).
Is this a missing feature or am I missing the right buttons to do it?
While you cannot enter specific number of pixels of a crop, you can use the pixel dimensions to define the appropriate crop ratio. You can then use that ratio and observe the figures while you crop.
If you e.g want a crop to precisely 1234 by 5678 pixels, define this as a custom ratio in the toolbar below the preview and drag the crop corners until you get what you want. Note that you might need to move more than one corner in order to match the exact numbers.
Thanks @ PieloePascal.
For me the horizon-function is like the rotate-function in other software, and its logical for me that crop and horizon/rotate are two separate functions.
I used to start selecting my object in RAW-mode, sometimes at pixel level. One of my first experiences with DXO photolab was the annoying black field in the bottom right corner for displaying the numbers of pixels (there was a very small detail there at the corner of the image that I wanted to keep).
@ platypus
Thanks.
I consider your advise as a workaround. So, what I prefer is not available now in DXO PL. So, go on by searching for it does not make sense. Clear.
I tried different things and discovered: cropping pixel by pixel at the edge of a desired selection of an image is possible by using the move/zoom tool in combination with the crop tool, as you can see in the attachment.
