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 09/14/2011 07:48:07 PM · #1
I constantly am making pictures on Picnik.com, editing photos is my THING..but wen i got to print them, it always cuts the edges off, and the edges are important to me!! Do the dimensions mean pixels? if so, what should i change the dimensions to for it not to get cut off, yet still be about the size of a 4x6, and keep its clarity? i dont know much about pixels or megabytes and such!!

Someone please HELP!!

-Shauna
 09/14/2011 07:51:23 PM · #2
Originally posted by ShaunaNikon121:
I constantly am making pictures on Picnik.com, editing photos is my THING..but wen i got to print them, it always cuts the edges off, and the edges are important to me!! Do the dimensions mean pixels? if so, what should i change the dimensions to for it not to get cut off, yet still be about the size of a 4x6, and keep its clarity? i dont know much about pixels or megabytes and such!!

Someone please HELP!!

-Shauna


What kind of camera are you using? Most digital formats print in true digital format which is 4"x5.3". You can either print this way or crop your images before hand to 4x6 format.
 09/14/2011 08:02:01 PM · #3
As Kelli said, you need to crop your images to the same aspect ratio as the print paper. Then it will fit. Size in pixels will get stretched or compressed to fit, so that's not a worry.

Message edited by author 2011-09-14 20:02:22.
 09/14/2011 08:02:10 PM · #4
im using a Nikon 12.1megapixel coolpic L110 (whatever that all means) my husband bought it for my birthday..
 09/14/2011 08:02:49 PM · #5
Yo_Spiff, im printing them at walmart, not from home
 09/14/2011 08:10:15 PM · #6
You'll need to know what size paper and simply crop your images to that ratio of width to height.
 09/14/2011 08:19:38 PM · #7
the size paper is 4x6 single prints from walmart/walgreens. ill try to explain my question better. SPECIFICALLY on Picnik, using the dimensions that they have, if i were to lessen the dimensions(pixels?), would it resize the photo and make it smaller or would it decrease the pixels and make the quality of the picture terrible? i have no room on the pics to crop, as there is words and such.
 09/14/2011 08:26:36 PM · #8
Originally posted by ShaunaNikon121:
the size paper is 4x6 single prints from walmart/walgreens. ill try to explain my question better. SPECIFICALLY on Picnik, using the dimensions that they have, if i were to lessen the dimensions(pixels?), would it resize the photo and make it smaller or would it decrease the pixels and make the quality of the picture terrible? i have no room on the pics to crop, as there is words and such.


If you're using picnik, you probably have picasa, right? In picasa is a crop tool. Choose this tool and choose the 4x6 option and crop them before you edit them. Changing the pixels won't change the aspect ratio (which is why they are being cropped in the first place). Certain places online will give you the option of "true digital" print sizes if you already have images you want to print. Just google it and you'll see plenty of options. Actually I just checked, and Walmart offers the option.
 09/14/2011 08:28:36 PM · #9
If you lessen the dimension in pixels, you are not changing the shape of the image and it will still get clipped when printing.

I use PaintShop Pro, and here is the crop dialog that I get. In this example, I have selected a 5x7 aspect, but you can see in the menu there is also one for 4x6. I'm sure Picnik must have something similar to crop to a specific size.


The other choice is to add a border to the image area to get it to match the aspect of the paper and ensure the entire thing gets printed.
 09/14/2011 08:30:23 PM · #10
The above advice is good... but if, as you stated, you can't crop without losing stuff you need, then take the opposite approach. Add a little on each end to get the aspect ratio to 4x6. Example: if one of your photos is printed at 4 inches high, it will be 5.33 inches long. So add enough to the ends to make it 6" long. It will now print at 4x6 without cropping.
 09/14/2011 08:44:01 PM · #11
Most commercial photo printers "enlarge" your image by 1-2% ... I always make my image a little smaller than the paper and add a border. That way, I know the entire image will be there the way I want it.

For a 4x6 image @ 300dpi you should have an image 1200 x 1800 pixels, or 1224 x 1836 pixels with a 2% border added.

See this article at Dry Creek Photo; check out the section at the bottom on sizing prints for specific output devices.

Also check out the on-site tutorials (under the Learn menu) about resempling and prepping files for standard print sizes.
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