Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Seven:
At the bottom of the Cell Size section is a
checkbox called “Keep Square.” Go ahead
and turn on this checkbox, which sets
your Height and Width to the exact same
size, and now they move together as one
unit (since it's perfectly square). Let's try
a different way of resizing the cell: click-
and-drag the cell borders themselves, right
on the layout in the Preview area. You see
those vertical and horizontal lines extend-
ing across and up/down the page showing
the boundaries of your cell? You can click-
and-drag directly on them, so go ahead
and give it a try. Here, I'm clicking on the
top horizontal guide (shown circled here
in red), and dragging outward to enlarge
my square cell (and the photo inside it).
So, by now you've probably realized that
the cell is like a window into your photo.
TIP: Rotating Images
If you have a tall photo in a wide cell
(or on a wide page), you can make your
photo fill as much of that page as possible
by going to the Image Settings panel, and
turning on the Rotate to Fit checkbox.
Step Eight:
Let's finish this one off with one of my
favorite printing features in Lightroom:
the ability to change the color of your
page background. To do this, just go to the
Page panel, turn on the Page Background
Color checkbox, and click the color swatch
to the right of it to bring up the Page Back-
ground Color picker (seen here). In this
case, I'm choosing a dark gray, but you can
choose any color you'd like (black, blue,
red—you name it), then close the color
picker. Also, you can put a stroke around
your image cell by going up to the Image
Settings panel, turning on the checkbox
for Stroke Border, then choosing a color
(just click on the color swatch), and
choosing how thick you want your
stroke using the Width slider.
