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davenfield
2nd of April 2004 (Fri), 10:14
Computers are so frustrating!
Can someone please tell me how to do what should be very straightforward.
The scenario is this -you buy a picture frame, with say 6 x apertures for photographs of say 70mm x 70mm. All I want is to create a fixed template of 70 x 70, and drag it around a digital image in order to individually identify the best 'crop' to print -no zooming, no fancy editing etc
And having determined which 70 x 70 part of a digital image I want -I would like to print it -in fact, ideally I'd like to mount say 3 x 70 x 70 images on one sheet of A4 and 3 on another and print them out/guillotine to fit and mount. Easy!.....well it wouldn't seem so -not with Easy Print/Zoom Browser/Photo Impression and Photo Editor et al its not.
This isn't rocket science, or at least it shouldn't be
Someone please help?
Thanks

Fiberoptik
3rd of April 2004 (Sat), 00:28
Daven:
Im not sure about what type of system you have but I do know Win XP has a function similiar to what your asking. Windows will automatically resize and position your photos per your request. Select the images you would like to have printed, right click on them and select print. WinXP will then walk you through the "Photo Printing Wizard". Its always a smart idea to have your photos post-processed before printing, and for the photos to fit in standard frames you'll have to changes its aspect ratio accordingly. Do yourself a favor and Invest in Phtoshop 5 or newer. Or even Adobes new "Consumer Priced" Photoshop (I forget what its titled). It will save you many headaches. As for me, the only thing Canons software is good for is its Panoramic photostich and Setting the "My camera settings"
Hoped this helps