Print Size?

Newb question, bear with me....
I just recently started printing some photos, and am having a little problem..
I shoot with a 1.6x crop factor and my question is, how do i print exactly what my shutter captures? i understand the 2x3 ration making a 4x6 normal for prints, but what about 8x10 or 11x14? Is there anyway to do it? I use photoshop=Image size, then type 11 or 14 in one of the boxes and if gives me 11x16 (duhh), then open new blank canvas pre-size 11x14 and i obviously must crop somewhere....this hurts, im noticing alot of my shots dont have room for croping. What can i do other then pay top dollar for custom size prints and matting? THANKS

WOOPS, I JUST NOTICED THIS QUESTION IS LIKE 6 AWAY....SORRY

Welcome to the headache of standard frame sizes! The standard 2x3 aspect ratio sensor is stuck with what 35mm film was stuck with -- if you get an 8x10 printed from film, 2" is lopped off the long dimension. The same thing goes for most "standard" print sizes aside from 4x6. Those with the smaller 4x3 sensors have better luck with some sizes, but have to crop with most as well.

When I frame just for my own home or for cheap giveaways, I do it with inexpensive 12x18 frames with no matting. When I need something more elaborate at "standard" sizes, the painful decision must be made.

I do, though, sometimes feel like a picture benifits from cropping some width off, and those I happily print as 12x16s -- another off-beat cheap frame size I can find, and one which suits many P&S camera sensors as well as the 4x3 line of dSLRs.

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