Photo developing.

[Sgouz]

I bring my photos from my g5 to a local photography store to have them developed. They always cut some of my pics from the side and I often lose parts I want to keep in the photo. I would rather crop them to the right size and ratio myself in photoshop. What size and aspect should I give to them so nothing more will need to cropped at the store.

Thanks for the help

-Steve

[stopbath]

Crop and edit your photos so that they are in the size ratio you wish to print at.

If you want 4x6, then for every 4 pixels on one edge, have 6 on the other...
If you want 5x7, then for every 5 pixels on one edge, have 7 on the other...
8 x 10 would require a picture constrained to 8 x 10 ratio.

Then when you take your images in, there is no cropping required.

[jboyd]

Do you use Photoshop? If so, crop there yourself first. Choose the crop tool, and in the top tool bar select the size you want to crop to. Then your photos should come out the way you want.

When I send my photos to be printed, I often tell them I want full images, no cropping. I do end up with a white stripe on one edge of the photo, but that can always be cut off.

Jackie