8 x 10 printing - Help

[mchong75]

Ok, I’m a complete noob at this so bare with me….

Camera used – 40D
No crop, original file size

I wanted to print couple of my pictures at 8 X 10 so, I took my memory card to Walgreens & Wolf Camera and used one of their self serve photo machines.

I picked my photos and selected 8 x 10 prints.

When I picked up the prints, the actual photo was automatically cropped to 8 x 10 frames.

Why can’t I use the original file and have it print on an 8 x 10 sheet without having it cropped?

If the photo was a landscape and I wanted the entire frame on an 8 x 10 or any other size for that matter.

[Jake]

The file from your camera is 8x12. You have to crop if you want 8x10.

[JohnT]

Here's how we handled the images from my son's camera. We brought them into Photoshop, resized them to the desired print size including cropping, did all the post processing as necessary, saved as JPEG, uploaded them back to the card, then printed them at Wolf Camera. They came out fine.

If your default camera images aren't at an 8x10 ratio, the printer will crop them as necessary to get that size.

[mchong75]

John,

Thanks for the tip. I will have to try that tonight.

[mchong75]

If I create a new document on PS, is there a way to insert a photo to fit around the size I specified? (Of course without cropping)

[AndrewCCM]

Create a document 8x10 300dpi...

Open your other file, CTRL-A, CTRL-C, move to new 8x10 doc, and CTRL-V. This will place it on a new layer. Choose EDIT, TRANSFORM, SCALE....SHIFT and drag corners (to maintain aspect ratio) and fit inside the 8x10 document the way you want.

[mchong75]

OMG! You did it. I can finally print 10x8 and not have to crop out the picture.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask.

[AndrewCCM]

Glad to help!

[tjones0214]

Another PS trick. Choose the crop tool and then choosed fixed ratio from the drop down box on the top toolbar. Just enter 8x10 or 10x8 into the boxes. When you crop, you'll then be limited to an 8x10 crop...no need to create a new image. Less effective, you can also choose File>Automate (I believe) and then choose image resize. That automation will resize your current image to 8x10...only issue there is compression and image resolution. If you're working at or above 6MP, it should not be an issue. If you have the notion to look at Lightroom, the cropping features in there are awesome--crop to any size ration, to rule of thirds, golden spiral, whatever. Good luck.