Looking for a Printing program for Mac: That can "tile" any picture into a number of parts with the goal of being able to print larger than what my 24" printer is capable of printing...

eternal camper Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

That can "tile" any picture into a number of parts with the goal of being able to print larger than what my 24" printer is capable of printing, i.e., taking a picture and tiling it into 3 panels lengthwise, or taking any pictures into 3 panels wide by 3 panels high, or 4 panels wide by 4 panels high, etc.

I am using LR Classic, and I am not able to do this easily, just purchased Qimage One for Mac but not sure if this program will "tile" any picture,
but I am looking for help out there among all my friends who enjoy printing their photos to hang on their walls, and can help me find a program that will suit me needs, anyone???
Stephen

tcthome Loc: NJ

Affinity Photo. It is great software for cheap. Not as good as PS. I haven't tried it yet but, it is called slice. AP probably has a vid on it with Vimeo. I would think you could do this in Photoshop also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bhJHM-kNws =PS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt45IWLTrBs

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Affinity+Photo%2C+slices

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

One thing to consider: Many printers will automatically print within margins, which will then require you to "trim and stitch" the images together. Make sure your printer can print all the way to the edge, or be prepared for some post print processing!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

I've used On1 Resize to make Triptychs which sounds like what you're trying to do.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

If you have Lightroom Classic, it comes with Photoshop. A couple of YouTubes and you should be on your way!

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

eternal camper wrote:

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Any program that will allow you to show a grid in pixels and be able to crop to the exact pixels. So say you have a 6,000 by 4,000 pixel photo and you want to do a three image crop is crop vertical at 2000 each. One program I can think of that will do that is I think it's glimpse don't know if it'll work on the Mac.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

eternal camper wrote:

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I used Glimpse to do this. It shows the photo in pixel grid. This was a 6000x4000 pixel photo. I just used the pixel marks to crop from 0 to 2000 pixels, then 2000 to 4000, and finally 4000 to 6000.

By using pixels you can do as many crops as you like, evenly.

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Middel Panel
Middel Panel...

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CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

eternal camper wrote:

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I do this in Photoshop but unlike others who have commented here I pay no attention to pixels. Those are worthless numbers to me when the final print I need is measured in inches. I blow the file up to the final size I need, then slice and dice, copy and past in PS, then print the separate files to the inches size I need. Easy, peasy.
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cahale Loc: San Angelo, TX

eternal camper wrote:

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First, you can't print larger than 24" if that's what you printer is. As to splicing, set the picture to whatever size you want, then in Photoshop or Elements or what ever you use, split the pictured into however many slices you need to get the job done. Print each and go from there. You don't really need any specialized software for that.

rleonetti Loc: Portland, Oregon

With my last Epson printer, came a program called Epson Photo+. I long ignored it as too simple. But as long as you export corrected photos from Lightroom and set up your printer with the settings for the Epson qualities and papers you are using it is a basic layout program that works quite well. Ignoring their templates, you open a blank sheet and can place, size and orient your photos anywhere you like. Then you can place text boxes of any size and orient them too. The only limitation is a separate text box is required for each type style.

Not much documentation, but it is pretty easy to figure out.

ygelman Loc: new -- North of Poughkeepsie!

yssirk123 wrote:

I've used On1 Resize to make Triptychs which sounds like what you're trying to do.

Yes. With this On1 you can select an option to "Tile" which then allows you many ways to split the image -- including the amount to overlap the tiles if desired. The separate tile are saved as individual files; you can print each one separately.

I just now experimented with dividing an image into nine tiles for a 3x3 tiling. Easy.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

CamB wrote:

I do this in Photoshop but unlike others who have commented here I pay no attention to pixels. Those are worthless numbers to me when the final print I need is measured in inches. I blow the file up to the final size I need, then slice and dice, copy and past in PS, then print the separate files to the inches size I need. Easy, peasy.
…Cam

If you work in inches and that works for you, that's fine. But the easiest way is in pixels so much easier to divide by how you want to print in pixels per inch and then divide that by the number of panels. So if your picture is $6,000 by 4,000 pixels and you want to print at 300 pixels per inch divide the picture and 6,000x3 that's 2,000 and then set it for the pixels per inch and you're done. Whatever works for you. Pixels works for me inches works for you they both do the same thing by the way.

And you do know that everything is done in pixels not inches. It's all in pixels per inch. You send a photograph off to be printed to a printer and they'll tell you what they want in pixels per inch for the size you want. So, a photo that 6,000 by 4,000 you divide that by 300 pixels per inch and that tells you how big you can print at normal viewing distance. And that's what most printers go by.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

frankraney wrote:

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Hummm…In Lightroom I have presets for all the sizes I like to use. (5x7,9x12,16x20,17x25 ect) I just pick the size I want. They all print at 360dpi. No math at all. I know I am in the minority here but I can’t see how it could be easier.

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

CamB wrote:

Hummm…In Lightroom I have presets for all the sizes I like to use. (5x7,9x12,16x20,17x25 ect) I just pick the size I want. They all print at 360dpi. No math at all. I know I am in the minority here but I can’t see how it could be easier.

That's because light room does the math. It is all math!!! Without LR, or a program that does it for you, you need to do it yourself.

eternal camper Loc: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Well, thank you so much for all your suggestions!

After reading & re-reading them, I am now going. try both PhotoShop + try a 1 month free version of ON1 to try to see if I can use their "Tile" area of the program!

Happy & Healthy holidays everyone

Stephen