Problem with Digital Prints

[pvdiamon]

I just received my prints from Wal-Mart. They were fine, uploaded Monday, received Thursday using priority mail. They looked great EXCEPT some were excessively cropped. Is there some way to view how the prints will "really" appear after printing? When uploaded, even if I resized to 4x6, they appeared fine on my monitor using Paint Shop 7.04.

[twalker294]

After you upload your pictures to Wal-Mart's website, you need to crop them on their site. If you put a check mark in the box below the photo then click on "Modify photo" you will be given a choice to crop to 4x6, 5x7, or 8x10.

Todd

[pvdiamon]

That's helpful, thanks. Do you know of a way to tell BEFORE you crop the photos yourself while editing? In other words, it seems like you may crop a photo and it looks great on the monitor, but then it doesn't fit in the 4x6 size when you upload, so you lose an arm or a head!

[wadewitz]

I've been using Dotphoto.com and they have a preview option that shows you what the different size pictures will look like cropped.

I think they crop evenly off of both sides, leaving you the center. Pictures that I want cropped off center I do myself in photoshop. I only measure in pixels in photoshop. The D30 at 2160x1440 pixels is a 1.5 aspect ration, 8x10 having a 1.25 aspect ration, 5x7 is 1.4 so I do the math, figure out my pixel size and upload that. 8x10 print, I crop to 1800x1440 and upload that file.

It works for me. Hope I explained it so it makes sense.

[Leighow]

Never had the problem.

But could you not rezise the photo ? If it is still not equal to your "Dream X x Dream Y" .. then just place it on a "dream-sized "canvas" in PS?

HOWIE

[grasshopper]

I use ofoto.com, and they have a cool piece of software that let's you crop before you upload. I like it.