Know nothing about PSE *but* the same theories apply whatever your photo programme.
1 crop first - this gives you the smaller picture which, if nothing else, speeds up the computer's operating time!
2 do other manipulations - e.g. altering contrast/brightness;
3 resize to your required picture dimensions (in pixels); always retain original dimensions or you'll distort the image;
4 (if necessary) amend the quality of the jpeg (or whatever) if to reduce file size (in Kb).
5 save your photo.
*If* you want to alter anything after saving then go back to your original (i.e. do *not* overwrite your original - whenever you save do it as (e.g.) rabbit1, rabbit2, rabbit3, rabbit, rabbit .... ). Whenever you save an image, you are losing some detail so the more times you save, the fuzzier the photo.
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Originally Posted by laffinorse When cropping a photo with Elements 4, which is the best way?
Use the Photo Ratio, which keeps the same photo size but zooms in,
Then continue to crop a smaller area each time until you get what you want.
And finally resize image.
Or use the no restriction option to crop to exactly what you want, then resize image.
After cropping and resizing complete any enhancements, i.e. unsharp mask, feather etc.
Or is it better to do the enhancements first, then do the crop etc?
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