 Jen Orbistondo |
Printing I was hoping that somebody could give me some clarification on printing photos. I work in PS Elements and recently been working in CS3. I tend to crop utilizing these programs. My question is, if I crop using an 8x10 ratio, do I then save that file as the 8x10 and then resize for other sizes I'd want? I'd like my print range to be from 5x7 to 16x20 and can't figure out how to do it. I think I'm making this harder than it is, but I tend to do that. Thanks in advance for any advice!
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Pete H |
Jennifer, You can do it the way you describe; although I advise against that proceedure. I generally will crop from the master native resolution. My reasoning is that this allows me the freedom to "move" the crop with more real estate to be creative with. Secondly; you may want to "scale" your images. In this scenario, it is best to have ALL your pixels available. all the best, Pete
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William Schuette |
Jennifer, Pete's comments are dead on. Additionally, different sized prints on differing paper may require differences in sharpening, saturation and maybe some hue tweaks. Therefore, once I have a file optimized for a particular size and paper, I generally save it as a new file adding an extension to the name that tells me what it has been prepared for such as "Name_8X10_EE" where "EE" stands for Epson Exhibition paper. Bill
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John G. Clifford Jr |
Don't write over your original image. When I start to process new images, I upload the raw files to my hard disk. I'll then save a full-size TIFF image that is color-balanced, adjusted for contrast, and has any dust spots retouched out... but that's it. When I want to print an image, I start with this master TIFF file, resize up so that the short side is the desired size (or resize down so that the long side is the desired size), then crop accordingly. I then do my final sharpening, etc., on the image, and then print it. I'll also save the image with the appropriate filename, e.g., IMG0001 8x10.tif. Here's an older thread with good info on resizing and printing: http://www.betterphoto.com/forms/qnaDetail.php?threadID=29896
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