Ed -
I incorporate a border to make sure there is no clipping or cropping by
the printer, no matter what the aspect ratio...
for instance, the cafepress calendar size (standard size) of a page is 8
1/2 x 11... so no matter how I've cropped a landscape orientation shot
or shot it full frame and want to keep it that way, I extend the canvas
size to the size of paper that it
will be printed on, then if any clipping occurs it will only be on the
border...
if someone orders an 8 x 10 , say, from smugmug I get to see it first, I
do the same with the image then becoming
8 x 10 by virtue of my extended canvas size...
I tend to like to view photos with a large broder.. either by matting or
simply printing (in my darkroom days) leaving
at least an inch around the edge. If you use this method, machines
don't know that the white (or black) border isn't part of the photo.
ann
Ed Keeney wrote:
De-lurking for a question and/or opinion...
For the most part I crop most of my shots as 4x6 for basic printing
for myself and family. Every now and then I take it up to 5x7 or even
8x10. Now each of these has a different ratio so it's usually a
separate process for each shot (versus printing a 4x6 crop upsized to
8x10). Am I making too much work out of something simple?
Sometimes for the web (and PUG) I might crop at a different ratio. If
you do this and decide, "Hey, I want to print that" what do you do?
This question is more for those who don't print on their own printer,
but send it out. Is there a process you follow that will print
something that isn't a standard size?
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