frustrated with image size and picture printing walmart

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jefferson_alan
Feb 5, 2004
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Here are my problems,
1.I take pictures screw with them in photoshop save them as 4×6 jpegs put them on my smart media take them to wal-mart (.29cents a print canadian) and get them printed and they come back cropped? The girl there doesnt know why she actually doesnt seem to know much. I guess what I want to know is how do I make sure that what i see is what I get.

2.I wamt to make an image smaller so that if I use my set crop size ie 4in x 6in i can capture more of the image but the crop area stays the same it just shrinks with the picture but still says 4in by 6in.

help!
thanks
jeffersonalan
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Colin_Walls
Feb 5, 2004

1) How are they cropped? Are you losing some off one side/both sides/top and bottom. How big is your image? – Please specify in pixels and what the PPI setting is [all from Image Size dialog].

2) I can’t quite follow this one. Setting the crop tool to a particular size can be confusing, as, in effect, it is just constraining the aspect ratio. Maybe you would like to explain more what your problem is. Again before and after image size info would be helpful.

Maybe we should take these one at a time …
MM
Mick_Murphy
Feb 5, 2004
2 – I think this means you want to see more of the image at a given print size – effectively means increase the resolution. Easiest way to do this is to set 6 X 4 inches in the crop tool options bar and leave the resolution blank. Do the crop to whatever you want and the resolution will set itself automatically.
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larry
Feb 5, 2004
I have a page of instructions on sizing and adding canvas so the images don’t get cropped: <http://www.bermangraphics.com/coolpix/frontiersizing.htm> The trick is in the adding canvas otherwise the printer expands the image to fill the paper size.

Larry Berman
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Ernesto_Santos
Feb 5, 2004
Are you using a Fuji Frontier digital printing service at this Walmart? If you are then you should read this: www.drycreekphoto.com
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jeffpoore
Feb 7, 2004
When I use the Digital Printing @ wal-mart, It always states the Resolution is too high and it messes with the quality, as well as crops the image. I have lowered the resolution, and used the presets for 4×6, 5×7, and 8×10…….I have also asked the employees about this and they can offer no answers……what to do?
RW
Rene_Walling
Feb 7, 2004
First, what are they printing on?

If they are printing on a Fuji Frontier, here are the pixel dimension you need:

4×6 1838×1238 pixels
5×7 2138×1536 pixels
8×10 3038×2436 pixels

The print area will be:

4×6 1800×1200 pixels
5×7 2100×1500 pixels
8×10 3000×2400 pixels

So you have a very narrow bleed all around. And if you file is at 300 ppi, then the image dimensions (in inches) will match the print dimension

If your files are exactly that size then it doesn’t matter which of the three print options (fill-in, fit-in or no resize) the techs use, you will get what you want.
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jeffpoore
Feb 7, 2004
Rene,
Thanks for the info.
I have been using the Kodak digital printer……Would those dimensions be the same as the Frontier?
RW
Rene_Walling
Feb 7, 2004
Having never worked with the kodak printers (which one would that beBTW?) I don’t know but I would be quite surprised if they are exactly the same.

The info I posted was buried somewhere in the thousands of pages of the Frontier manual…

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