Printing
Bountyphotographer
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I got some pictures from costco that
have been cropped on each side
and was told to choose a larger size
print . Why cant I just print on ANY
size paper I want? 4x6 or 20x30
should not be a problem except
the resolution with larger size .
I heard that pics have to be resized
via photoshop if I really want a true
4x6 ???
have been cropped on each side
and was told to choose a larger size
print . Why cant I just print on ANY
size paper I want? 4x6 or 20x30
should not be a problem except
the resolution with larger size .
I heard that pics have to be resized
via photoshop if I really want a true
4x6 ???
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Author "Color Management for Photographers"
http://www.digitaldog.net/
I thought that most photo center would resize automatically. If the average Joe wants a 4X6 and a 8X10 and doest own a computer at all, how is he goig to do?
Two ways.
1. You can find free image processing software on the internet that can crop etc. learn what aspect ratio means and how it applies to photo printing and paper size. learn how to size your images.
2. Send your file to the printer and get what you get.
Sam
It's not a resize issue, it's a proportion issue. Sure, you could size the 8x12 down such that the long axis would be 10 inches to fit on 8x10 paper. But the short axis would be reduced as well.
Just like when you watch HD TV and depending on the source, you either have black bars top and bottom or you don't.
Author "Color Management for Photographers"
http://www.digitaldog.net/
3 years ago I took 100's of pictures and gave them to a friend who printed them 4X6 but the quality was really louzy is it also because it should have been proccessed first?
I have a old photoshop 7 , picassa 3 and my Canon processing software where do go to fix the proportion issue.
Thanks for your patience abviously dont print enough
Thanks
Bountyphotographer
Absolutely nothing has changed. 10 (20) years ago, if you had a 35mm film frame and wanted FULL FRAME on a print, you had to either use 8x12 paper to match the ratio, crop the sides to fit 8x10 OR end up with boarders top and bottom. The physics of fitting the image onto paper hasn't changed a lick since then.
Author "Color Management for Photographers"
http://www.digitaldog.net/
Do you leave some space around your subject or you dont care because the editing software wil deal with that later?
Author "Color Management for Photographers"
http://www.digitaldog.net/
Do some simple math and this will explain itself to you. If you double 4", you get 8". If you likewise double 6" you get..... 12". Not 10". You've never been able to order an 8x10 from 35mm film and not crop part of the image. Simply not possible.
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Thanks
You could also use a larger size frame and have someone add a "photo matte"* to adapt the picture to the larger frame, like this:
http://www.shortcourses.com/display/display2-9.html
Now days, you can add a "Digital Photo Matte"*, like I did in this 5" x 7" aspect ratio image for an 11" x 14" frame:
*(Matting a print is just another form of adding a border, as Andrew said.)
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One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..
An other alternative is to buy 11X14 frames, print your image at 6X9. Buy or cut a mat with 11X14 outside dimensions and 6X9 inside dimensions. This will give you an even 2.5" on each side of the image.
You can buy all you need from Frame Destination.
Sam
One of these days I'll have to figure out what my "style" is..