Alphabet Photography

geoles2

I know this may be simple, but I just cant wrap my head around it lol

I am wanting to do a xmas gift of somebodys name with objects that look like letters, I am sure you all have seen this done before.

My problem is this, how do I or can I get a picture of a window that looks like and "n" to be the same size as a golf ball thats an "o"?

I will make each picture a 4x6, but how do I get the golf ball near the size of the others, perspective wise how do I or can I get all the letters to be near the same size in the photo?

Thanks, George

ziggy53

Your basic question appears to be, "How do I scale objects in images to be the same printed size?"

If you have Photoshop, these links should help:

http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/10.0/help.html?content=WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7613.html

http://www.imagecommunications.de/tutorials/scaling_in_ps.html

http://photoshop911.typepad.com/help/2005/05/scaling_to_matc.html

If you don't have Photoshop, you need to find software with scaling capabilities. Most image editing software have that functionality, but if you need help deciding, just ask.

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Edit: The second part of your question, "... how do I get the golf ball near the size of the others, perspective wise how do I or can I get all the letters to be near the same size in the photo?"

Obviously you can just use your computer screen size and physically measure as you scale. As long as both images will print to the same output size, you should be OK. You can also use layers and transparency to overlay 2 images, then scale, and achieve the same thing visually.

Layers, Transparency, Selection, Copy, Paste and New Image creation are all topics of Photoshop that you can Google for information, now that you know the proper terminology.