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Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

11/27/2008 11:55:03 AM · #1

Okay maybe I'm just an idiot.. this question should answer that.. lol

okay so if you read my post in the other link then you know I'm going to try my first daycare thing.. so here's my ? if i do a package 8x10, 5x7, wallets.. how do I crop it so they are all the "same" picture?
I use full color to print, so I'm on here this morning messing with it and just realized wait a min.. hen i select a 8x10 i get this picture when i select 5x7 it cuts this part off, and wallets does this..

SOOOO, how is it when you go somewhere to have pictures taken, they all are cropped the same an in all different sizes.. can someone explain this to me?

K3Master

Pentax K-3

11/27/2008 11:59:13 AM · #2

They aren't cropped the same. The photographer leaves plenty of room around the models and that extra, open space gets cropped off.

alanfreed

Nikon Z9

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

11/27/2008 12:01:18 PM · #3

I crop them separately. 8x10 crops are the same as 4x5, and 5x7s crop the same as the wallet size I use (2.5 x 3.5).

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

11/27/2008 12:05:33 PM · #4

okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

K3Master

Pentax K-3

11/27/2008 12:07:03 PM · #5

Originally posted by Photomom1981:

okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

Yes, pretty much. Just make it easier on yourself by editing the original as a master file in the original size. (just don't save over the ORIGINAL original. hehe)

Then all you have to do is crop to the sizes you want from that.

Message edited by author 2008-11-27 12:07:30.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

11/27/2008 12:12:16 PM · #6

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:
okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

Yes, pretty much. Just make it easier on yourself by editing the original as a master file in the original size. (just don't save over the ORIGINAL original. hehe)

Then all you have to do is crop to the sizes you want from that.

so for the master what size is best to save it as when editing to show so that it makes this easy...

MattO

Nikon D4

11/27/2008 12:17:47 PM · #7

Originally posted by Photomom1981:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:
okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

Yes, pretty much. Just make it easier on yourself by editing the original as a master file in the original size. (just don't save over the ORIGINAL original. hehe)

Then all you have to do is crop to the sizes you want from that.

so for the master what size is best to save it as when editing to show so that it makes this easy...

The master would be the uncropped original that came from your camera, just with the final editing(except cropping) done to it.

Matt

K3Master

Pentax K-3

Pentax D-FA* 70-200mm f/2.8 ED DC AW

11/27/2008 12:24:43 PM · #8

Originally posted by MattO:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:
okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

Yes, pretty much. Just make it easier on yourself by editing the original as a master file in the original size. (just don't save over the ORIGINAL original. hehe)

Then all you have to do is crop to the sizes you want from that.

so for the master what size is best to save it as when editing to show so that it makes this easy...

The master would be the uncropped original that came from your camera, just with the final editing(except cropping) done to it.

Matt

What he said. For showing, you want to make a proof sheet that contains mini-versions of the crop sizes you offer. I do this using Photoshop CS3, but there are tutorials around that will show you how to do it if you don't have Photoshop.

11/27/2008 11:05:29 PM · #9

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Originally posted by MattO:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:

Originally posted by K10DGuy:

Originally posted by Photomom1981:
okay.. i thought so but then i wondered.. lol
so eah picture i have to go in and crop the original to all the sizes i want to print..

Yes, pretty much. Just make it easier on yourself by editing the original as a master file in the original size. (just don't save over the ORIGINAL original. hehe)

Then all you have to do is crop to the sizes you want from that.

so for the master what size is best to save it as when editing to show so that it makes this easy...

The master would be the uncropped original that came from your camera, just with the final editing(except cropping) done to it.

Matt

What he said. For showing, you want to make a proof sheet that contains mini-versions of the crop sizes you offer. I do this using Photoshop CS3, but there are tutorials around that will show you how to do it if you don't have Photoshop.

I've got CS2 that I use