which print size?

thaKing

not sure which forum to ask this in, so i'm gonna put it here...:dunno

a friend wants me to photograph his wife's profile...then he wants the profile to be "sliced" into thirds - so one part will be her face, the middle will be the middle of her head (ear section) and the last part will be the back of her head...hope that makes sense...basically take a profile and divide that profile into thirds...

now, if you're still with me, what is the best way to accomplish this using SM? not sure what size he is wanting, but i'm thinking each piece will be a decent size...

anyone have suggestions as to how to go about this?

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

not sure which forum to ask this in, so i'm gonna put it here...

a friend wants me to photograph his wife's profile...then he wants the profile to be "sliced" into thirds - so one part will be her face, the middle will be the middle of her head (ear section) and the last part will be the back of her head...hope that makes sense...basically take a profile and divide that profile into thirds...

now, if you're still with me, what is the best way to accomplish this using SM? not sure what size he is wanting, but i'm thinking each piece will be a decent size...

anyone have suggestions as to how to go about this?

You talking triptych here? I do mine in LR2, but even Gimp or any layout program will work.



Like this?? or??

thaKing

not quite...i took your photo (at the office, none of my own to use, hope you don't mind) to demonstrate what i'm referring to...note: i know it's a horrible chop job, only have MS Paint at the office and spent 30 seconds on it....

angevin1

I don't mind...so whats your question then?

angevin1

You don't accomplish this using SM.....You of course do like you didmake your adjustments and then up load the fini prod. to Sm..right?

thaKing

well, but he wants each pieces of the head on separate prints, not one print with three pieces...if i were to chop it to 3 pieces and upload them, i'd like to make sure they "line up" properly...

i hope i'm getting a little clearer...

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

well, but he wants each pieces of the head on separate prints, not one print with three pieces...if i were to chop it to 3 pieces and upload them, i'd like to make sure they "line up" properly...

i hope i'm getting a little clearer...

Crystal~

But you need to do that too in a program before uploading. There are measuring tools, grids, etc you can use and apply to make certain it is all lined up. If you do this, it'll print exactly as you have the image aligned.

I wouldn't recommend at all chopping it and then uploading it..aint no way to be dead on accurate that way.

What program do you use for your fine touches? Could be you could post to the technique forum and get very easy to understand instructions about how to proceed....I've only done what you're speaking about in the GIMP~

thaKing

ok, now i'm getting confused...first you say:

angevin1 wrote:

But you need to do that too in a program before uploading. There are measuring tools, grids, etc you can use and apply to make certain it is all lined up. If you do this, it'll print exactly as you have the image aligned.

then you say:

angevin1 wrote:

I wouldn't recommend at all chopping it and then uploading it..aint no way to be dead on accurate that way.

so, should i chop it in PS CS4, or upload for res, chop it in SM 3x and order 3 photos?

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

ok, now i'm getting confused...first you say:
then you say:

so, should i chop it in PS CS4, or upload for res, chop it in SM 3x and order 3 photos?

My apologies in-toto!

DO your work in your program of choice upload finished results to SM for the prints. SM is for hosting and printing and showing your stuff off. Not for making these very important adjustments you speak of~

I would think you'd open the photo, chop it ever so gingerly, and make three complete prints from it in your program. Then up load your three separate prints to have printed.

thaKing

thanks! that's what i figured...

so, if i do all this in PS, would it be best to only offer print sizes that don't need further cropping within SM? i'm guessing the answer would be yes so that i know all three line up properly...

so i guess that's my conundrum...if i crop the photo into 3 equal parts and upload the resulting 3 pieces, how would i know which sizes to offer that don't need cropping in SM? trial and error? that's where i came up with the title, what size prints could i offer?

am i over-thinking this, making it too complicated?

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

thanks! that's what i figured...

so, if i do all this in PS, would it be best to only offer print sizes that don't need further cropping within SM? i'm guessing the answer would be yes so that i know all three line up properly...

so i guess that's my conundrum...if i crop the photo into 3 equal parts and upload the resulting 3 pieces, how would i know which sizes to offer that don't need cropping in SM? trial and error? that's where i came up with the title, what size prints could i offer?

am i over-thinking this, making it too complicated?

No. In fact you have to think..just not like I like to think, which is mathmatically.

It all comes back to the original photo you take or have taken. And like you asked originally what size print you can offer. If say he wanted each piece to be 8x10, then you'd have to have a photo 24wide by 10deep so you could split each of the wide parts into thirds, leaving you with three 8x10's of each part of her face/head. of course, you can get the bay to do custom sizes via their panel that you install on your desktop. But you also have to have special framing too.

What I find fascinating is why customers often seem to want some kind of weird layout, etc, and then don't really understand why they have to pay for the effort...at least some of mine have been that way~

thaKing

that's sort of along the lines i was thinking...

i know you said you use Gimp, so you might not be able to answer this next part...the 8x10 crop is straight forward...but if he wanted each to be 16x20 (or even larger), would i then set my crop to be 16x20 in the crop tool settings and make 3 crops from the original just like the 8x10?

i may have to try that out tonight when i get home, just to see what happens...

luckily for me, he is willing to pay for the extra effort and sought me out specifically for this project...so i want to offer him the best features, hence i'm trying to make sure i have all my bases covered here.

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

that's sort of along the lines i was thinking...

i know you said you use Gimp, so you might not be able to answer this next part...the 8x10 crop is straight forward...but if he wanted each to be 16x20 (or even larger), would i then set my crop to be 16x20 in the crop tool settings and make 3 crops from the original just like the 8x10?

i may have to try that out tonight when i get home, just to see what happens...

luckily for me, he is willing to pay for the extra effort and sought me out specifically for this project...so i want to offer him the best features, hence i'm trying to make sure i have all my bases covered here.

You're right, I cannot answer this working in PS. I have it, but haven't learned the interface yet for cropping. I do know you can figure this out. But I do think this thread would do better in the technique forum where someone who has done this before and works regularly in PS might be able to help.

incidentally, I did something like this before and used CD jewel cases to mount the photos in. I took a 8x10 or whatever it was and cut out squares to fit in the cases..

You're fortunate to have a customer willing to pay for his request...I'm certain you'll do well~

thaKing

aww! thanks for the suggestion, wasn't sure which forum to ask in, so i grabbed this one...

thanks for all your help...it's much appreciated.

angevin1

thaKing wrote:

aww! thanks for the suggestion, wasn't sure which forum to ask in, so i grabbed this one...

thanks for all your help...it's much appreciated.