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04/20/2008 02:30:37 PM · #26 |
ok, silly question...
What version of photoshop did you use? 'Cuz I con't see the tools you used in my version. |
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07/06/2008 05:10:24 PM · #27 |
Hi, I'm using Photoshop Elements 6.
I can't find the measure tool. Do you know how to make it with Photoshop Elements 6 ? thank you |
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07/06/2008 05:13:22 PM · #28 |
| I don't know which tool hides it in PSE, but you can find out the same information by dragging a rectangular marquee over the area you want to measure, noting the height, then de-selecting. The measure tool is more useful/necessary for checking angles than length. |
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10/01/2008 05:27:30 PM · #29 |
//www.reeloo.net/app/print_your_photo/
Make your passport photo online, for free and without need of Photoshop etc.
Just paste photo of you, crop your face and print it. Quite simple, isn't it? :-) |
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11/08/2008 10:59:58 AM · #30 |
| Nice job, Trinch....just one question? How far away from subject should your camera be to take the picture. 5 feet, 6 feet? More? |
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11/08/2008 11:05:24 AM · #31 |
Camera distance doesn't matter much, You can crop the photo.
Originally posted by swatkins1946:
Nice job, Trinch....just one question? How far away from subject should your camera be to take the picture. 5 feet, 6 feet? More? |
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01/02/2009 02:23:08 PM · #32 |
I tried doing this at home because I have a fidgety 6 year old and a Nikon D90 and figured I could do this myself. I shot about 20 photos to get one good, had to retouch some things in Photoshop to remove a slight shadow on the background. All measurements were perfect, I checked and quadruple checked the requirements. I was proud of the beautiful photo I took and thrilled he would have a great photo.
I had to go through four photo kiosks before I found one that worked and got the printouts. They looked perfect.
We went to the post office today to apply and the clerk took one look at them and said, "These won't work at all, the background isn't WHITE." I almost exploded, I told her the guidelines say WHITE or OFF WHITE. She said, "It has to be white." Apparently, my OFF WHITE was too far OFF WHITE. We ended up having to get the photos taken there...the first one was awful. It looked like a sullen mugshot. I was so disappointed, they took another which was better, but way inferior to the one I took. Since you have to apply with both parents for a minor, this was the only time we could do it. So, maybe in five years I will try again...if I would have know, I could have easily corrected this in Photoshop to make it pure white. I think it is a scam to sell photos and you are at the whim of whatever mood the employees are in.
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08/19/2009 01:22:18 PM · #33 |
| One thing to remember, always white balance your camera, or do it in camera RAW. The acceptance agency (post office or county recorder), will not accept it unless it is white balanced. My friend took mine, and printed them for me, the lady didn't like my pictures and told me to go to Fedex Office. |
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08/19/2009 01:48:08 PM · #34 |
I handed in my 'perfect' mugshot for my passport, beautifully toned. Got my passport back and they had simply put my photo on a super high contrast, shitty photocopier, by the looks of it. They gave me a heck of a tan and now my passport makes it look as though I'm not a whitey. I should take a photo of it and post it for laughs. There was some glare on my oily forehead, and I think they wanted avoid letting anything look near blown.
I think maybe they're mostly after measurements between pupils, nostrils etc. ? Otherwise it does seem pretty scammy, as a PHOTO IMO should be more qualitative than quantitative. People should look at people, whether the b/g is white, pink, or blue.
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08/19/2009 02:54:03 PM · #35 |
| I don't even want to talk about my passport photo. I'm surprised that every country I've been to doesn't give me the 3rd degree based solely on the picture. |
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11/28/2009 09:37:08 AM · #36 |
www_idphoto4you_com is a new passport photo generator site, it uses face detection.
Possible choose from numerous standards and print sizes. |
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06/13/2010 09:52:17 PM · #37 |
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06/14/2010 01:32:01 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by Nullix:
Funny you should post this. I went to the local CVS to get a passport picture of my son. The took out a cheap P&S and tried to get a picture of my 2 year old which wasn't going to happen. You try telling a 2 year old to hold still and look up and don't move.
I said, hold on, got my 20D, and fired off a burst of 8 shots. One of them was good. I was even able to white balance the shot. They then create passport photos with my pictures.
I then tried this tutorial. This tutorial assumes you're using a ruler by the pixel (which I don't).
I just had to figure out a calculation using Excel. I wish saved it so I could share it with you all. |
i work at a cvs. you can just do all this at the kiosk yourself in 2 minutes for 29 cents, if you already have the picture taken. just need a plain white background, no white clothes, and no showing teeth. most people who work there will let you just use the pull down backdrop. |
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08/31/2011 05:00:06 PM · #39 |
Just made a photo for my son. Main restriction in the Netherlands are: if the photo looks like the person on the photo it's rejected (sarcasm).
Being more realistic, when you see the final result of the photos you make, the quality is very dramatic (and that's an understatement), so I'm wondering why there a so many rules for a passport photo (probably just politics). |
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03/16/2012 12:14:24 AM · #40 |
| Getting those darn passport photos done at CVS for my passport/visa/green card and ended up with a classic mugshot. Passport photos stay with me for ten years! I was so bummed with my pictures that I searched the we found passportica.com . They were easy to use, not expensive, and they shipped the photos to me so I didn\\\'t have to make another trip. It took five minutes and in 2 days they were in my mailbox. Now we are talking! |
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04/15/2012 04:55:58 PM · #41 |
| I did it again for the whole family. It was time to renew some of those very expensive documents (passports). Although there were some changes in the restrictions, photo has to be in color (but it will be printed in B&W) and background has to be white, light blue or light grey (no portrait allowed, just mug shots), it was nice to see my family in front of the camera voluntary :) |
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04/15/2012 05:31:24 PM · #42 |
In Canada the rules are simple... see Passport Photo Rules
Ray |
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04/15/2012 06:00:15 PM · #43 |
First of all: thanks for posting! It's nice to see how it works in other countries. Just looked at it, wouldn't call it simple.
Although the rules are almost the same as here, but there are some differences, eg. the back of the photo. We don;t need that.
There's some room for discussion in your rules, eg. there's no definition of a "professional photographer". Is that a
qualified one or one who does make money with his photography?
And what makes the printer of a professional photographer better than a home printer? It's says nothing about the quality.
Just some thoughts in the late evening :) |
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04/15/2012 06:07:34 PM · #44 |
Originally posted by hajeka:
And what makes the printer of a professional photographer better than a home printer? It's says nothing about the quality. |
It may be the difference between prints made on photographic paper (e.g. Fuji Frontier, Noritsu printers) and inkjet prints (done at home or otherwise). |
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04/15/2012 06:36:35 PM · #45 |
Originally posted by hajeka:
First of all: thanks for posting! It's nice to see how it works in other countries. Just looked at it, wouldn't call it simple.
Although the rules are almost the same as here, but there are some differences, eg. the back of the photo. We don;t need that.
There's some room for discussion in your rules, eg. there's no definition of a "professional photographer". Is that a
qualified one or one who does make money with his photography?
And what makes the printer of a professional photographer better than a home printer? It's says nothing about the quality.
Just some thoughts in the late evening :) |
Not sure, but I can tell you that regardless of where you had the photo taken, the end results are pretty much the same...a horrible photo.
Ray |
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