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This thead has been good reading but I'm still trying to figure out some print sizes psot cropping.
I have a full frame camera, I need to crop most of the photos I took at a show, more of less to zoom in adn enlarge the subject. I have already gone an cropped about 300 ranging between 5x7, 4x6 and 8x10. This might be a dumb question but will these print out on a standard 4x6 paper or 6x8 paper say from Big W or harvey norman?
The photos will be for sale as printed or digital so I probably need a standard for me or customers to print. Should I just go with 4x6 or 6x8 for everything? Or as I asked above will those other cropped sizes still print out on a 4x6 or 6x8 which I think is the size I will be offering?
Miss Jane, with all due respect, if you have to ask the questions about image print format needed when you intend to sell the prints I reckon you are about 6 steps in front of your ability.
To put it simply, most DSLRs have a native image format of 2:3 and that applies to full frame or APSC sensor size.
Some are able to be configured in camera to record in 4:5 and 9:16 format.
What did you capture the images at?
If you answer 2:3 then your images will fit on a 4x6 inch print ( close to but not exactly ) but other sizes like 8x10 and 5x7 will not fit properly.
Apart from all that I would do yourself a huge favour and not kill any repeat business by using Big W or Hardly Normal to do any printing that you wish to sell or enhance your reputation by.
They will print at the aspect ratio's you have cropped them to, So trying to print a 5x7 on a 4x6 papersize will not work, it will need to be printed on a 5x7 paper. As Andrew above, says, this is fairly basic printing stuff. I also agree with him about not using BigW or HN for prints you want to sell. Find a good quality, dedicated photo printer.
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ALSO - please understand that if you crop to a SIZE, that is the size that the image will BEST print at.
That is if you crop to a 6x4 size, then that is all you have, a 6x4, which will not print well if enlarged.
It is always best to crop to a ratio, and as long as you are not cropping too much or hard, is more likely to print quite well and most sizes (up to a point) that suit the same ratio
Andrew, now, thanks to the replies i am 5 steps in front of my ability I have not printed/enlarged photos since the film days. And yes I am new to this side of photography ie printing & selling.
This show was my first "professional" job that I was asked to do in conditions that I have never tried before, so it was a huge learning curve.
The answer from Mark "It is always best to crop to a ratio, and as long as you are not cropping too much or hard, is more likely to print quite well and most sizes (up to a point) that suit the same ratio" is what I was looking for. But all the answers were very helpful.
Next step would be to find a photo printer, I think Camera House is the only one in town but I will check it out.
I crop to whatever works for the image. The key is non-destructive editing.
So the original is preserved which will often save u printing headaches as everyone has suggested.
Or keep whatever ratio you've cropped to but paste it on a blank 'canvas' in a common ratio and send that in for print. So you get no surprise cropping when the print comes back, jz a slightly smaller image with some white around it which you block out when mounting for display anyways.
Eg. BigW has an offer right now for $1 11X14 prints. What sort of ratio is 11X14!!!! Yea I know, printing from BigW with no ctrl over prints but at $1 who can complain, but I digress.
So yea, paste your cropped photo onto a 11X17 canvas and print without worrying what gets cut off. Then physically cut the white out of the prints if required.
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