Need Help on printing

[mhebbeler09]

Ok, here is my problem I am just starting to take photos, and everyone really likes them and are wanting me to take pictures of them. Its not a problem, but they are wanting to get different size pictures. Now my camera is a Kodak with 6.1 mega pixels set to the highest resolution. When I take and download to my computer they are going into my Picasa, then I take and edit them in Corel Paint Shop Pro Ultimate X2, and some I dont even edit. When I go to have them printed they are not what shows in the picture. For example a basic 4x6 of my niece preg.with a head and belly shot, the print cuts off the belly. The picture shows both so I am not sure what I am doing. If I take it up to a 5x7 it will show the correct print, but a 8x10 cuts things off to. When I ask the guy at the printing shop what is causing this he says hes not sure, but some of my prints can only be 4x6 and others cant go beyond 5x7. I need to figure out what is happening so that people that I take pictures of and I download to a disk can get what ever print they want. please help!!!

[digirebelva]

If a photo doesn’t have the the same aspect ratio as the paper it’s printed on, one of two things happen. Prints will have an odd sized border on some sides or the printer will arbitrarily crop the image. Most (not all) digital cameras have a 3:2 image ratio which is the image width divided by its height. If PSP has the ability to crop to a specified size than I would do that before sending them out to print

[CanonRebelz]

Originally Posted by mhebbeler09

Ok, here is my problem I am just starting to take photos, and everyone really likes them and are wanting me to take pictures of them. Its not a problem, but they are wanting to get different size pictures. Now my camera is a Kodak with 6.1 mega pixels set to the highest resolution. When I take and download to my computer they are going into my Picasa, then I take and edit them in Corel Paint Shop Pro Ultimate X2, and some I dont even edit. When I go to have them printed they are not what shows in the picture. For example a basic 4x6 of my niece preg.with a head and belly shot, the print cuts off the belly. The picture shows both so I am not sure what I am doing. If I take it up to a 5x7 it will show the correct print, but a 8x10 cuts things off to. When I ask the guy at the printing shop what is causing this he says hes not sure, but some of my prints can only be 4x6 and others cant go beyond 5x7. I need to figure out what is happening so that people that I take pictures of and I download to a disk can get what ever print they want. please help!!!

Try out Mpix, I've never used it but I hear it's good. I believe you can tell them NOT to crop it and they wont. However, if you tell walmart NOT to crop it, they still do.

[kuvahmagh]

Originally Posted by digirebelva

If a photo doesn’t have the the same aspect ratio as the paper it’s printed on, one of two things happen. Prints will have an odd sized border on some sides or the printer will arbitrarily crop the image. Most (not all) digital cameras have a 3:2 image ratio which is the image width divided by its height. If PSP has the ability to crop to a specified size than I would do that before sending them out to print

Exactly, when I load the photos onto my Computer I keep them all at the original size to enable multiple crops/resizing later. When I need to make a print I crop/resize it to the size I want for that specific print saving it as a different file rather than overwriting the original. That way some of my photos can be used several times to create a different effect or image without loosing anything.

[mad editor]

Exactly. Crop to the size and resolution you need. Then take to have printed. Don't give them the opportunity to make that decision for you.