Pixel size for printing

I did a shoot for a friend today and she wants to be able to print some of them at Costco or wherever she goes. I have never printed any shots before so I don't know how I should edit her shots.

1.) I am wondering what size I should save them as to send to her.

2.) Also is JPEG format ok for the CD I will give her or do I need to save as a different format to print?

Thanks in advance!

Morlow wrote in post #10122637
I did a shoot for a friend today and she wants to be able to print some of them at Costco or wherever she goes. I have never printed any shots before so I don't know how I should edit her shots.

1.) I am wondering what size I should save them as to send to her.

2.) Also is JPEG format ok for the CD I will give her or do I need to save as a different format to print?

Thanks in advance!

1) Why reduce them from the original size?

2) Yes, just make sure that you don't use strong JPG compression. A setting of 10-12 is usually good IMO.

Printing FAQ, but it might not be quite basic enough. Just give her jpeg files in whatever size they came out of the camera.

Thanks guys for the replies. My questions are answered!

+1, +1. Am.

Morlow wrote in post #10122746
Thanks guys for the replies. My questions are answered!

You might want to do her the courtesy of letting her know that the uncropped image won't "fit" in all print sizes. She can print a 4x6 as-is but say an 8x10 will need to be significantly cropped at the longer dimension, either by her or by the printer.

Yeah I will tell her that they are all 2x3 or 3x2 equivalent. Thanks!

If you want to crop for composition (which is very common) I recommend cropping to 11:15 - read (written about proofing, but equally applicable for images on disk)

Damo77 wrote in post #10123395
If you want to crop for composition (which is very common) I recommend cropping to 11:15 - read (written about proofing, but equally applicable for images on disk)

Why would you go to all that effort when 2:3 is perfectly fine?

It's not perfectly fine if Chris's friend wants to print 8x10s - you of all people should realise that.

Hi Tonylong and subsequent posters. What am I missing here? You want to print a 3:2 format on 8x10 paper, or whatever other size? I just shrink the image in the store to fit the width or height of the desired paper. Then I'm left with a bit of white border, which I either trim off, or for myself, use as a handle. Am.
(If I'm wrong, suggest a hat to eat, but...)

Then it's not 8x10, is it? What if you have an 8x10 frame you want to use?

Am, you're right, if you or the lab do not crop (so you could get a full 8x10) then you would have white borders along the longer edges. If you prefer that to cropping, then that's up to you!

OK, folks. Fair enough. Mine go into albums, I guess that's why. Am.