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05/07/2006 07:41:48 AM · #1 |
Is there a way to add pixels to only the very top of this picture:  Costco keeps cutting the top of her head off. |
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05/07/2006 08:12:51 AM · #2 |
There are several ways to get s what you want here:
1. Using Photoshop, Image>Canvas Size - increase your size such that it fits one of the "standard" ratios" 4X5 (8X10, 16X20) or 2X3 (4X6, 8X12, 20X30). I usually do this in two steps - I create a white border, and then add a darker edging - so I get the photo I want and then physically trim to get what I really wanted at home. I did this more before I started cropping my photos to more standard sizes to begin with. But our cameras shoot the 2X3 format - and if we want 8X10's then we have to be careful when someone else prints so we get the crop "WE" want rather than random - such as your problem with the head being cut off.
2. Also using photoshop - increase your canvas size as above, but choose to only have the space added at the top. I choose a color that will stand out. Then I use the clone tool to choose the area at the top to extend the actual photo. |
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05/07/2006 08:27:41 AM · #3 |
Another way of doing it - if costco will print square for you (the image is not 100% square at the moment)
Using photoshop's selection tool (dotty rectangle, top left)
In the bar above the picture change style from "normal" to "fixed aspect ratio"
Enter a height of 1 and width of 1 in the boxes to the right. This forces an exacly square selection to be made. If you want to print some other size - put it in the box e.g. 6 and 4 for a standard 6"x4" print
Select the image - you should find it will select all of it except for a tiny sliver on one side.
Go to Image (at the top) and select Crop.
Your image is now exacly square, save and print it.
Some printers don't quite print the whole image - if this is the problem have a chat to the people at Costco, they often have a way of fixing it, or putting a big margin on as Mary Ann described will work. There may be a way of selecting the bit you want printed from the unedited file too. Im in Australia, no Costco here, so can't be sure.
edit - tpying!
Message edited by author 2006-05-07 08:29:06. |
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05/07/2006 10:08:34 AM · #4 |
There is info near the end of this page on using profiles from Dry Creek Photo on how to increase the Canvas size to account for how the printers usually enlarge the image slightly to make it bleed off the edge of the paper.
Costco uses these printer profiles, if you want to get into color-management issues as well ...
Message edited by author 2006-05-07 10:09:46. |
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05/07/2006 10:31:02 AM · #5 |
What I do with Costco for oddly sized images:
If you image size does not exactly fit their available sizes (4x6, 5x7, 8x10, 8x12, 11x14, 12x18), just create a canvas that is the next size up. For example, if you want the image you are showing us to be 8.25x8.25, size your image to the size you want, then increase the canvas size to the next largest that it will fit on in this case 11x14. You will end up with a big white border, but you can trim that or mat over it. I actually do this with almost everything I plan to mat & frame. If I want to frame something 12x16 with a 2" mat all around, I would need an 8x12 image. I actually resize down to 7.5x11.5. I then have a 1/4" all around for the mat to cover, without having to cover any of the image.
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05/07/2006 10:36:26 AM · #6 |
If you have to enlarge the canvas significantly, you can also use the space to print another picture. I have a square image and a 2:1 panoramic which I gang up on a 12x18 (one 12x12, one 6x12) ... all for $3.
Message edited by author 2006-05-07 10:37:49. |
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