Figure 8-12.—Scaling for reduction.
Figure 8-13.—Scaling for enlargement.
scaling for reduction (fig. 8-12) includes five steps as
5. Complete the rectangle and measure the space.
follows:
This is the area your photograph will occupy when it is
1. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a rectangle
reduced.
that has the same dimensions as the cropped
Diagonally scaling for enlargement (fig. 8-13) is
photograph/work.
slightly different from the procedure used for reduction.
2. Draw a diagonal line from the lower left corner
It contains the following five steps:
through the upper right corner of the rectangle.
1. On a separate sheet of paper, draw a rectangle
3. Measure from the lower left corner along the
that has the same dimensions as the cropped
base line, the width desired for the picture. Make the
photograph/artwork.
base line extend to that point.
2. Draw a diagonal line from the lower left corner
4. Draw a broken vertical line at a right angle from
through the upper right corner of the rectangle.
it to the diagonal line. Stop where the broken line and
3. Extend the base line with a broken line to the
diagonal line intersect.
width desired for the picture.
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