Cropping for 8X10 photos
Jan 11, 2015 12:49:35 #
I am having a serious problem getting 8X10's of my photos. seems when I send them for print I cant crop the entire photo. some are as big as. 5000X3500 pixels.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
Jan 11, 2015 12:58:25 #
The aspect ratio of your image is 3:2, which means you have to print in multiples of that to include the entire image. See if Walgreens will print 8x12. If not, there are other places that do.
In some editors (such as PSE 12, that I have), you can increase the canvas size. See what I did below. The outer dimensions are now 8x10. If you want to put into an 8x10 frame, you can center the image, change the color of the white area, or add text. If you don't, just cut off the white part after printed.
In some editors (such as PSE 12, that I have), you can increase the canvas size. See what I did below. The outer dimensions are now 8x10. If you want to put into an 8x10 frame, you can center the image, change the color of the white area, or add text. If you don't, just cut off the white part after printed.
Jan 11, 2015 12:58:37 #
When you crop, you will have to choose which part of that photo you'll crop out to get it to 8x10 without distorting the image.
Maybe this will help: http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/how-to-crop-photos.html
Maybe this will help: http://www.digital-slr-guide.com/how-to-crop-photos.html
Jan 11, 2015 13:03:49 #
alemorkam wrote:
I am having a serious problem getting 8X10's of my photos. seems when I send them for print I cant crop the entire photo. some are as big as. 5000X3500 pixels.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
The entire photo can be printed on 8X10 paper, but there will be a border of unprinted paper around the image. The 8X10 dimension does not match the dimensions of the sensor. The extra paper can be cut off so that the image "fills"out the paper.
Jan 11, 2015 13:12:20 #
boberic wrote:
The entire photo can be printed on 8X10 paper, but there will be a border of unprinted paper around the image. The 8X10 dimension does not match the dimensions of the sensor. The extra paper can be cut off so that the image "fills"out the paper.
For this to work without "prepping" like I showed, the place that prints must be willing and able to do the shrinking. Otherwise, as many folks have found (including at Costco), the computer just picks out the center of the image to print and crops the edges off.
Jan 11, 2015 14:10:22 #
Here is a full size photo with stored original.
Jan 11, 2015 14:17:10 #
Here is the larger file you uploaded. Exterior dimensions are for a print 10" wide by 8" tall. As I mentioned, you'll see that strip of white at bottom (and I've put a thin black border around to help see it). I do this all the time for odd-sized crops and they print just fine at Costco.
If you upload my file to Walgreen's and still see it being cut off, maybe take it to them. Do you have another source that can print for you?
And another question: does the image have to be 8x10 for your contest? If no, then find a store that will print your original as-is in 8x12. That is the aspect ratio of your original (3:2 = a 4x6, 8x12, 12x18 with nothing cropped).
If you upload my file to Walgreen's and still see it being cut off, maybe take it to them. Do you have another source that can print for you?
And another question: does the image have to be 8x10 for your contest? If no, then find a store that will print your original as-is in 8x12. That is the aspect ratio of your original (3:2 = a 4x6, 8x12, 12x18 with nothing cropped).
Jan 11, 2015 14:22:05 #
Be sure you are loading my file to the Walgreen site, not your own :) It is named "large for 8x10." You know how to download what I put here?
Jan 11, 2015 14:29:43 #
Jan 11, 2015 15:37:49 #
alemorkam wrote:
Here is a full size photo with stored original.
OK, here it is as an 8x10. All I did was change the dimensions in Photoshop. If you compare this with your original, you'll see it is squeezed in on either side to make it 8 x 10.
Jan 11, 2015 16:01:28 #
alemorkam wrote:
Here is a full size photo with stored original.
Before printing, you may also want to straighten this photo: The right hand side is lower than the left hand side. Not by much, but enough that some people will see it (I did).
Use either the line between "real" and "reflection" or the horizontal line in the centre part of the building.
Jan 11, 2015 16:03:46 #
Jan 12, 2015 06:18:12 #
alemorkam wrote:
I am having a serious problem getting 8X10's of my photos. seems when I send them for print I cant crop the entire photo. some are as big as. 5000X3500 pixels.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
I have photoshop. Is there a way to make the photos fit to 8X10. Guess I am still new at this.
This photo I could not do 8X10 at Walgreens.
If you want the entire image, you need to print 8x12. If you still want an 8x10 anyway, then you print to 8x10 with a small border 1/4" and use a larger frame, like 11x14 or larger, and cut a mat window for 8x10.
Jan 12, 2015 06:21:04 #
For future photos if you want to end up with an 8x10 include more in your image than you want and then crop it to 8x10.
Jan 12, 2015 08:21:16 #
Try cropping in Photoshop Open image and / open crop Put in 8 x 10 in the parameter box and it will limit the crop to that sizevYou can see the edges before you finalize Costco does excellent prints Good prices and if it's not right you don't have to pay and they are very helpful
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