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07/03/2005 01:10:14 AM · #1
Hey..I've run into a problem. 8x10 is the wide and popular standard for frame sizes, but it just isn't the right aspect ratio. Why is it that 8x12 isn't the standard? I'm going to be selling a bunch of matted (but not framed) prints next weekend and I'm not sure how I should do this. There are a few pictures I absolutely cannot crop and I don't know how likely people would be to buy an 8x12. So...what can I do?
07/03/2005 01:17:36 AM · #2
If the price is right, people will buy.
07/03/2005 02:30:47 AM · #3
If the image is right, people will buy!
07/03/2005 02:32:01 AM · #4
hehe, well here's one I can crop.

would any of you buy this?

//www.joshlyon.com/photos/prints/DSC_6333_1024.jpg
07/03/2005 02:37:48 AM · #5
Originally posted by sparkly:

hehe, well here's one I can crop.

would any of you buy this?

//www.joshlyon.com/photos/prints/DSC_6333_1024.jpg


Not the way it is... You have sharpening artefacts over the dark skyline. I have been told but have not been able to verify that you can fix this with the clone tool by cloning very close to the line between light and dark. You wanna select from the light spot and clone it over the dark. The dark part should be unaffected, but the artefact should dissappear.
07/03/2005 02:38:52 AM · #6
Originally posted by TooCool:

Originally posted by sparkly:

hehe, well here's one I can crop.

would any of you buy this?

//www.joshlyon.com/photos/prints/DSC_6333_1024.jpg


Not the way it is... You have sharpening artefacts over the dark skyline. I have been told but have not been able to verify that you can fix this with the clone tool by cloning very close to the line between light and dark. You wanna select from the light spot and clone it over the dark. The dark part should be unaffected, but the artefact should dissappear.


That's just the web preview. The full size isn't sharpened and I won't sharpen for print. :o
07/03/2005 02:41:22 AM · #7
Where's the 8x12 view?
07/03/2005 02:47:37 AM · #8
why don't you make it 10x13 or 11x14? those are pretty standard sizes.
07/03/2005 03:13:01 AM · #9
Originally posted by sher9204:

why don't you make it 10x13 or 11x14? those are pretty standard sizes.


Even those are cropping off a lot :(

//www.joshlyon.com/photos/prints/ratios.jpg

Message edited by author 2005-07-03 03:13:20.
07/03/2005 05:58:39 AM · #10
I "float" mine on the next-largest print size (I use titles, but they're optional) -- people either don't mind the little bit of white around it or will cover it with a mat anyway.

So, in this case, it sounds like I'd float a 6x9 image on an 8x10 canvas.
07/03/2005 10:08:39 AM · #11
Originally posted by sparkly:

Hey..I've run into a problem. 8x10 is the wide and popular standard for frame sizes, but it just isn't the right aspect ratio. Why is it that 8x12 isn't the standard? I'm going to be selling a bunch of matted (but not framed) prints next weekend and I'm not sure how I should do this. There are a few pictures I absolutely cannot crop and I don't know how likely people would be to buy an 8x12. So...what can I do?


Since you're matting them just make sure the matte size is a standard like 11 x 14 with the cutout to match your photo.
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