Image Size

Hello all,

I am using PS CS2 and for the life of me, my prints are just not what I set the image size to. An 8x10 is turning out to be a 10 1/4 x 6 7/8. I just cannot have this.

I am using an epson r2400. I am following the settings that ilford has for their smooth pearl paper. Obviously printing on letter size paper. Nothing out of the prdinary.

Maybe some printing guru will be able to help.

Thanks.

auto expansion on?

in the PS print dialog box is it at 100% image size and 8x10 in the PS image size box?

Yes it's at 100%. I just cant resize to 8x10 exactly I guess..... Heck I dont know Corey. lol.

Ummm..... I am just not able to resize it to 8x10 exactly. How frustrating.

what size is it in PS?

I use qimage or Lightroom for printing so I'm having to think back a ways to remember the workflow

Oh and does that work? I have lightroom. I just havent used it for printing.

I am unable to resize it to 8x10 in photoshop. It goes to 10 x 6.667

ah ok. select the crop tool, then insert 8 and 10 and 300 dpi (or whatever) in the boxes at top left and crop it to 8x10

LR makes printing VERY easy

But in LR how am I able to set all the settings for paper and stuff? It's all crossed out.

Okay I think I figured it out. They aren't crossed out anymore. I downloaded a new driver as the one that came with the printer was not right for my mac.

I just had to use the zoom to fit option. It crops a bit of the image but nothing that I cant live without yet. An 8x10 is 8.25 x 10.25 now.

Jeff it seems that you are stuck on an aspect raio of 3:2. This is the standard aspect ratio of your cameras. This means that you can print directly to any combination of a 3:2 ratio without cropping. So you could print a 2x3, 4x6, 6x9, 8x12, 10x15, etc. However if you want to printa ANY other size you MUST crop (recommended) or strecth the image to fit the aspect ratio you want (Not recommended). So, here is how you go about this.

In Photoshop:
1. Open the image you wish to print.
2. Select the crop tool.
3. At the top of the screen just below the toolbar for File, Edit, etc is some settings for your crop. There are presets that you can use or you can manually type in your settings. For this particular shot type in the settings you want. If your image is in portrait mode type in Width = 8, and Height = 10. IF landscape then type Width = 10, Height = 8. Leave all the other fields blank.
4. Drag the crop tool over your image to select the area you wish to retain. You will lose some of your image when cropping to a new aspect ratio.
5. Once you have the area selected that you are happy with click on the checkmark at the top or press Enter.
6. Now you have your shot in 8x10 ready for print.

In Lightroom:
1. Select the image in the Library Module.
2. Click the develop Module.
3. Click on the crop tool below the image.
4. On the drop down menu next to the crop tool select Custom.
5. Type in the settings for your image. Portrait- Width = 8, Height = 10. Landscape- Width = 10, Height = 8.
6. Drag your cursor across the image.
7. Move the image around until you are happy with the selected area for the crop.
8. Hit Enter.
9 Click on the Print Module to continue with the print.

Thank you Mike. I will give this a try.

Makes sense to me now that you mention the 3:2 ratio. Thank you. It's working wonderfully.

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Graystar wrote in post #2949254
Or, add borders to two sides if you want the entire image printed.

True, but this still would not give you an 8x10 image. The image would be a maximum 6.67x10 on an 8x10 paper.

Well all my prints turned out... thanks again.