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shandley
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this is what i have going on. I have pics that i have taken i need to get to the parents. However i am having the hardest time understanding . I am blaming it on my pregnancy brain. I know have photoshop i was using a little program called scrapbooks plus but it seems to be crapola. I swear i know some of you will laugh at how easy this is. :dunno
First, you have some great shots. They're bright and well
exposed,
> have
> good color and skin tones, from a nice 10MP Sony Camera, but your
> comps
> are teeny tiny! The resolution out of your camera is 2592 x 3872
> pixels, but your 8x10 composites are super tiny at 816x1056
pixels.
> That's .8 megapixels (point eight).
>
> Also, when you were creating your comps, for the individual shot,
when
> you resized/transformed the individual photo, you didn't clicky
the
> button to "maintain aspect ratio", so the little people got a
little
> smushed down looking like this one:
>
http://handleyphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3120756_8vciz/2/237017204_aZz9n#237014513_Tpj2B-O-LB
>
> Here's her original shot:
>
http://handleyphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3120756_8vciz/2/237017204_aZz9n#160815917
>
> Tall and thin, much less Oompa Loompa'd. If you resized these
with
> Photoshop, there's a little icon between the H and W at the top
> toolbar.
> If you click that, it'll always maintain the same ratio as you
> resize/transform.
>
> When you're working in Photoshop or other editing program, you
should
> consider starting with your document size of 8x10", but at
150-300
> DPI/PPI (dots per inch/pixels per inch). Why not? Pixels are
free!
> And, your original photos can more than support that kind of
> resolution, no problem.
>
> There are some issues with your magazine covers as well... First,
they
> also suffer from not maintaining the correct aspect ratio as you
> resized
> your images to fit the paper/document size. I also suspect that
> some of
> the text on these was cropped into near the edges, and here's
why:
> http://www.smugmug.com/help/bleed-trim
>
> You really need to be sure the text is a good 1/4" from the edge
> of the
> print to be safe. For the same reason, borders are risky as well,
> because due to the trimming, they may become uneven.
>
> Another thing you might want to consider is spicing up your
magazine
> covers. One thing that helped me immensely with this was to take
your
> cues from the Pros; go on one of the thousands of magazine
> subscription
> sites and look at magazine covers. Find a couple that fit your
tastes
> and your niche (whether sports, or auto racing, or whatever) and
> reproduce the elements you like. .
First, you have some great shots. They're bright and well
exposed,
> have
> good color and skin tones, from a nice 10MP Sony Camera, but your
> comps
> are teeny tiny! The resolution out of your camera is 2592 x 3872
> pixels, but your 8x10 composites are super tiny at 816x1056
pixels.
> That's .8 megapixels (point eight).
>
> Also, when you were creating your comps, for the individual shot,
when
> you resized/transformed the individual photo, you didn't clicky
the
> button to "maintain aspect ratio", so the little people got a
little
> smushed down looking like this one:
>
http://handleyphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3120756_8vciz/2/237017204_aZz9n#237014513_Tpj2B-O-LB
>
> Here's her original shot:
>
http://handleyphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3120756_8vciz/2/237017204_aZz9n#160815917
>
> Tall and thin, much less Oompa Loompa'd. If you resized these
with
> Photoshop, there's a little icon between the H and W at the top
> toolbar.
> If you click that, it'll always maintain the same ratio as you
> resize/transform.
>
> When you're working in Photoshop or other editing program, you
should
> consider starting with your document size of 8x10", but at
150-300
> DPI/PPI (dots per inch/pixels per inch). Why not? Pixels are
free!
> And, your original photos can more than support that kind of
> resolution, no problem.
>
> There are some issues with your magazine covers as well... First,
they
> also suffer from not maintaining the correct aspect ratio as you
> resized
> your images to fit the paper/document size. I also suspect that
> some of
> the text on these was cropped into near the edges, and here's
why:
> http://www.smugmug.com/help/bleed-trim
>
> You really need to be sure the text is a good 1/4" from the edge
> of the
> print to be safe. For the same reason, borders are risky as well,
> because due to the trimming, they may become uneven.
>
> Another thing you might want to consider is spicing up your
magazine
> covers. One thing that helped me immensely with this was to take
your
> cues from the Pros; go on one of the thousands of magazine
> subscription
> sites and look at magazine covers. Find a couple that fit your
tastes
> and your niche (whether sports, or auto racing, or whatever) and
> reproduce the elements you like. .
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