 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
| PhotoKB HomeDiscussion Groups Digital Photography Digital PhotoDSLR CamerasZLR CamerasPoint & Shoot CamerasFilm Photography 35 mmLarge FormatMedium formatDarkroomFilm and LabsOther EquipmentPhoto Technique Nature PhotographyPeople PhotographyTechnique GeneralGeneral Photo Topics General TopicsAustralian PhotographyUK PhotographyDirectoryPhoto Clubs |
Photo Forum / Digital Photography / Digital Photo / April 2005Professional Digital Photo Proccesors
I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are going to lose part of the picture but this was more than I thought it'd be. Does anyone do non-borderless photos? I can do these at home on my printer, but prefer to have them done elsewhere. Any help would be appreciated. George Parkville (Baltimore), MD >I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" > borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > George > Parkville (Baltimore), MD I most likely has to do with the ratio of the height to width of the original image. A 6x4 is a 1.5:1 ratio. A digital camera makes a 4:3 or 1.33:1 ratio. In order to fill the width of the 6x4, you must crop the height to fit the different ratio. example: 1600x1200 pixel image (a 2 Megapixel camera) 1200 pixels/4 inches=300 ppi. to fill out the 4 inches. 1600 pixels/300 ppi=5.333 inches. To fill out the 6 inch dimension, you have to crop the height of the image.  SignatureCSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com -- >>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" >> borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >To fill out the 6 inch dimension, you have to crop the height of the image. I have some to try myself. I'm going to Superstore. They have a "Kodak" machine there that reads all types of cards. Basically D.I.Y. 50 cents a print. Not all cameras are this ratio. My HP C500 is 1600x1200 [1.333]. My Canon 20D digital SLR is 3504x2336 [5:1] The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your prints look colorwise. >>>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" >>>borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > Not all cameras are this ratio. My HP C500 is 1600x1200 [1.333]. My > Canon 20D digital SLR is 3504x2336 [5:1] Which is also 1.333. > The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your > prints look colorwise. > >>>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" > >>>borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Which is also 1.333. You did not use your calculator, 3504/2336=1.5. His Canon 20D has the same aspect ratio as 35 mm film. 35mm film fits a 6x4 print perfectly. It is what the photo finishers created the 6x4 size print for. 6/4=1.5 or 3:2. > > The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your > > prints look colorwise. SignatureCSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com -- >>>>>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" >>>>>borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > You did not use your calculator, 3504/2336=1.5. His Canon 20D has the same > aspect ratio as 35 mm film. Right. I used a calculator, but punched a wrong number. In any case, it isn't 5:1! > 35mm film fits a 6x4 print perfectly. It is what the photo finishers created > the 6x4 size print for. 6/4=1.5 or 3:2. > >>>The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your >>>prints look colorwise. >>>>>>I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" >>>>>>borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > Right. I used a calculator, but punched a wrong number. In any case, it > isn't 5:1! Right. He made a typo [5:1] should have been [1.5:1]. >> 35mm film fits a 6x4 print perfectly. It is what the photo finishers >> created >> the 6x4 size print for. 6/4=1.5 or 3:2. >> >>>>The problem I'd be concerned with is the color matching. How do your >>>>prints look colorwise. SignatureCSM1 http://www.carlmcmillan.com -- Thanks to all who responded to my question and took the time to explain to explain the aspect ratio to me. George > >I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" > > borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > http://www.carlmcmillan.com > -- > I recently had some photos processed at K-Mart and these 4" x 6" > borderless copies came back cropped. I know with borderless you are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > George > Parkville (Baltimore), MD Unless the photos have a 2:3 aspect ratio, they have to cropped to fill the 4X6 space. You can control the cropping by doing it yourself. Almost any software for working on digital images will let you do that. The standard print sizes are unrelated to the aspect ratios of either film or digital cameras. You can either take what happens in printing, take the time to do the cropping, or pay a lot extra for custom printing. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.