Print Size is so a headache

[claudvic]

Hi

I was watching this tutorial Resizing and Printing Photos on the net and it seems quite simple.
My questions are:
I am using PS3 as a starter to learn as I know nothing.
Does it make any difference as to how I have shot the pics befor I resize it.
I have the following options in my camera

4000 x 3000
• 3264 x 2448
• 2592 x 1944
• 2048 x 1536
• 1600 x 1200
• 1280 x 960
• 1024×768
• 640 x 480
• 3984 x 2656 (3:2)
• 3968 x 2232 (16:9)
• 2992x 2992 (1:1)
and I normally shoot at 4000x3000.

If I had cropped the picture before is it difficult to resize?
I know all this sounds complicated but I am new in all this so I hope someone will have.
I have some pics that I need to send them over the net to print at a lab shop and I don`t want to be dissapointed when I get them back. For example if I send pictures to be printed at 6x4 I don`t want to get them back with borders or missing parts

Thanks

[Nicole]

My opinion is to shoot at the highest size that your camera can, and then crop your photos in photoshop after the fact (and save them as a new file if you save them). Then, when I crop my pictures to print them, I crop them using the appropriate ratio for print (e.g. I use the marquee selection tool, then instead of "normal" I set it to "ratio" and then type in the ratio I want such as 4x6 or 8x10). That ensures that I don't get strangely cropped photos or white borders. Not sure if that makes sense, but let me know what parts don't and I'll try to explain more.