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01/22/2005 02:02:19 PM · #1 |
When my mother came for a visit last summer I printed out some photos to make an album from her trip to show to friends. She also wanted some photos that I had already cropped and not saved any originals. The prints all turned out ok but ofcourse the original files were better pixelwise but some of the originals didn't look good to me at all with all kinds of extra space etc...
Can some of you share with me what you do when you want to make prints from snapshots?
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01/22/2005 02:13:11 PM · #2 |
firstly - i alwats save the originals so i can resize them later if i want to.
second - it really depends on what size print you are looking make
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01/22/2005 03:10:08 PM · #3 |
I had prints made for her size 10x15 cm.
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01/24/2005 07:18:31 AM · #4 |
Bumping this up to see if anyone can share their methods of transfering snapshots and what size they make them if cropped to make prints?
My daughter insists not to crop or resize the photos since pixels will be lost but I like cropping photos to make them look nicer.
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01/24/2005 08:19:23 AM · #5 |
What do you mean by snapshots? Do you mean you just have a printed copy of the file that is 4x6? If that's the case, you'll have to scan it in and reprint it like that. You're not going to get a good print from a image that is 640 pixels on the longest side.
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01/24/2005 08:22:26 AM · #6 |
you can get decent 3x5" 's from a web image.
at least i can from my web images,
Message edited by author 2005-01-24 08:22:45.
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01/24/2005 11:50:55 AM · #7 |
I don't know if I made myself clear? What I meant was; my mother wanted an album of pictures from her trip to take home, she selected a few stored in the computer, some were cropped some weren't, some were resized from 2048x1536 to smaller, some were original. I copied the files onto a USB, took it to the nearest photshop, asked for prints.
My question is would you resize/crop and how much?
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01/24/2005 12:05:28 PM · #8 |
Let me see if I understand you...you know want to scan these prints you had made and print them again. Am I right? |
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01/24/2005 12:09:10 PM · #9 |
WHen printing snapshots I always remember this: they're just snapshots. You're probably the only one expecting professional results from every single shot. If you already have them printed you can always crop them by hand.
:-)
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01/24/2005 12:09:37 PM · #10 |
If you are getting 4x6 prints made, you need a minimum of 600x900 pixels to get a good print, and "ideal" would be 1200x1800.
If you don't crop them first, they will either be cropped automatically when the prints are made (might or might not look good), or some places will let you "fit" the entire image, giving you (typically) a 4x5.333" print with some white borders.
I always crop mine to the intended aspect ratio before printing. |
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01/24/2005 12:17:34 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Xilebo: Bumping this up to see if anyone can share their methods of transfering snapshots and what size they make them if cropped to make prints?
My daughter insists not to crop or resize the photos since pixels will be lost but I like cropping photos to make them look nicer. |
I always save my original files.... I crop too and at least if I have to make a print.... the full size file is there for me. :)
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01/24/2005 03:00:54 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE: If you are getting 4x6 prints made, you need a minimum of 600x900 pixels to get a good print, and "ideal" would be 1200x1800.
If you don't crop them first, they will either be cropped automatically when the prints are made (might or might not look good), or some places will let you "fit" the entire image, giving you (typically) a 4x5.333" print with some white borders.
I always crop mine to the intended aspect ratio before printing. |
This is what I was after, guess I complicated the question a bit, thanks GeneralE
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