Same Pic, Multiple Print Sizes

a-baird-photograph

How do you all handle this? I'm using PSE6 Mac.

So if somebody wants an 11x14, 8x10, and 5x7 of the same pic, do you save the original as PSD, then crop to 11x14, save as JPEG, close file, open Original PSD, and repeat for 8x10, etc? I've googled and Searched here, but only find processing multiple files automatically. Ideas?

ChatKat

Sizes
Depends on the camera if you can do that without cropping. I have a Full Frame so my images are 4:3 ratio (8x12 standard)

If you prinvt via Smugmug the cropping tool pops up and you can recrop based on the order. Otherwise, I often will crop and resize to get the print to standard sizes. Actually - a better way to state that is that I try to create my images in Non standard sizes so that I have images for sale that are unsual.

a-baird-photograph wrote:

How do you all handle this? I'm using PSE6 Mac.

So if somebody wants an 11x14, 8x10, and 5x7 of the same pic, do you save the original as PSD, then crop to 11x14, save as JPEG, close file, open Original PSD, and repeat for 8x10, etc? I've googled and Searched here, but only find processing multiple files automatically. Ideas?

jfriend

a-baird-photograph wrote:

How do you all handle this? I'm using PSE6 Mac.

So if somebody wants an 11x14, 8x10, and 5x7 of the same pic, do you save the original as PSD, then crop to 11x14, save as JPEG, close file, open Original PSD, and repeat for 8x10, etc? I've googled and Searched here, but only find processing multiple files automatically. Ideas?

It depends on how you're printing them and what tools you have available to you. If you're printing on Smugmug, then just upload an image with some extra space around the main image (e.g. not cropped tightly to start with). When you order each print, you will have an opportunity in the cart to specify the exact crop for that specific print where you will determine exactly which bits get printed for each size.

If you are printing each of them yourself from Photoshop, then you can just crop, print, undo the crop, make new crop, print, undo the crop, make new crop, undo the crop.

If you are print each of them yourself from Lightroom, you can just make two virtual copies of the image and set a different non-destructive crop on each of the three and print those.

npudar

How about sharpening?
If I want to get optimal output sharpening for different print sizes, should I resize and sharpen for each size I want? Or is there no practical difference until you get to a particular size print?
Thanks,
Nick

jfriend

npudar wrote:

If I want to get optimal output sharpening for different print sizes, should I resize and sharpen for each size I want? Or is there no practical difference until you get to a particular size print?
Thanks,
Nick

If you want to control sharpening for each different size, then you need to produce a different image for each size print you want to make. Whether you will notice a difference or not depends upon the image, the print size, your sharpening technique and what you are looking for.

pathfinder

As a practical matter, if I am going to print the image myself on my inkjet, I do not make different size images in Lightroom, I simply use my main, largest file, ( as long as there are enough pixels to achieve >240 pixels per inch in my final image size. I let Lightroom2 do my final output sharpening per its automated routine.

If I am concerned about a very large print, then I will uprez with Genuine Fractals 6 first. GF 6 has a sharpening algorithm in it that can be used for large prints as well.