resizing digital photos

Doug, I have Photoshop (CS2). Is there a procedure somewhere that
I can follow for an example? Thanks
-gA

Doug McDonald wrote:
> gA wrote:
>> Thanks again, Jimbok, but I want to do NO CROPPING. I just want to end
>> up with the largest picture I can get within a 4x6 rectangle. This
>> means tha the WHOLE existing picture will get bigger or smaller and
>> the longest side will be either 4" or 6". I like JpegCrops a lot, but
>> I could not get it to do what I want. Did I miss something? Thanks all
>> for your patience.
>> -gA
>>
>
> Virtually any image program will do what you want. You just want to add
> more pixels in one dimension to make a 2:3 ratio. You would
> normally fill them with white, black, or some gray, to taste.
>
> That's what I do when I want my panoramas to be printed out as proofs
> at the drugstore; they automatically crop a photo to 4x6, but this
> process makes them actually that ratio.
>
> I use Photoshop
>
> Doug McDonald
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gA wrote:
> Doug, I have Photoshop (CS2). Is there a procedure somewhere that I can
> follow for an example? Thanks
> -gA
>
>>
>> Virtually any image program will do what you want. You just want to
>> add more pixels in one dimension to make a 2:3 ratio. You would
>> normally fill them with white, black, or some gray, to taste.
>>


Sure.

"Image" then "Canvas size". You then make it bigger to match whatever
shape you need to fill. I seem to recall that PS CS2 has a fill color
option, but it sure is not there in Photoshop 6 which is all I have at
home, so you'd need to use the paint bucket if you don't like white.

Doug McDonald
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"gA" <realty.RemoveThis@ualberta.net> wrote in message
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; they automatically crop a photo to 4x6, but this
>> process makes them actually that ratio.
>>
>> I use Photoshop
>>
>> Doug McDonald

If I understand the OP correctly, he has an image which doesn't fit the 4x6
aspect ratio, but wants to print the whole image without cropping. That
probably means that there will be broad white borders either to the left
and right or to the top and bottom. If I want to do something like this, I
just select 4x6 in my printer software, and turn off the "borderless print"
option. It gives me the result without having to use any additional
software. I use a Canon iP4200 printer.
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The goodwill to help, shown by many, seems to have lost my first
intention of my seeking help (see following):
-----------------
I would like o print many of my holiday pictures which I have
already cropped. The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at
6" height (width will vary proportionately) and all horizontals at
6" width (height will vary proportionately)? If not, what is the
best way to prepare all these photos? Thanks in advance for your help.
- gA
-----------------
I can easily resize my 600 pictures one by one, but I would rather
do a 'batch' job. That's all.
-gA

rwalker wrote:
> "gA" <realty DeleteThis @ualberta.net> wrote in message
> news:GERoj.34704$4w.12408@pd7urf2no...
>
> snip
>
> ; they automatically crop a photo to 4x6, but this
>>> process makes them actually that ratio.
>>>
>>> I use Photoshop
>>>
>>> Doug McDonald
>
> If I understand the OP correctly, he has an image which doesn't fit the 4x6
> aspect ratio, but wants to print the whole image without cropping. That
> probably means that there will be broad white borders either to the left
> and right or to the top and bottom. If I want to do something like this, I
> just select 4x6 in my printer software, and turn off the "borderless print"
> option. It gives me the result without having to use any additional
> software. I use a Canon iP4200 printer.
>
>
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gA wrote:

> The goodwill to help, shown by many, seems to have lost my first
> intention of my seeking help (see following):

Not me. I gave you the name of a program that will do what you ask *as a
batch job*. That's just a FWIW -- I realize you didn't find out how to
use it.

> -----------------
> I would like o print many of my holiday pictures which I have
> already cropped. The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
> Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at

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On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:46:06 GMT, gA <realty.DeleteThis@ualberta.net> wrote:

>The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
>Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at
>6" height (width will vary proportionately) and all horizontals at
>6" width (height will vary proportionately)?

If you only want to print all your pics to 4x6, or some other 2x3
ratio, why can't you just give them to your lab and tell them to print
all on 4x6 stock, or whatever 2x3 ratio, with NO cropping?
I currently do that with 4x3 pics and end up with a bit of white
space on either side of the actual pic. No cropping involved.
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jimbok
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In message <knQoj.34488$4w.26761@pd7urf2no>, gA <realty.DeleteThis@ualberta.net>
writes
>Thanks again, Jimbok, but I want to do NO CROPPING. I just want to end
>up with the largest picture I can get within a 4x6 rectangle. This
>means tha the WHOLE existing picture will get bigger or smaller and the
>longest side will be either 4" or 6". I like JpegCrops a lot, but I
>could not get it to do what I want. Did I miss something? Thanks all
>for your patience.

Almost any image manipulation program worth its salt will let you choose
how big to print an image on your own local printer. The nominal size in
inches based on ppi stored inside the file is a meaningless number that
serves only to confuse. Ignore it and concentrate on the number of
pixels.

When the print dialogue opens you should have options to choose the
linear dimensions of the final print, its position on the page and
scaling of the printed image. PSPro certainly does it that way.

Regards,
Martin Brown
>-gA
>
>jimbok wrote:
>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:10:36 GMT, gA <realty.DeleteThis@ualberta.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I need to make my photo in the largest possible size that fits
>>>within a 4x6 rectangle, and that could mean shrinking its original size.
>>> When I print a picture my printer asks me if I want the largest
>>>size that fits in the sheet (8.5x11) and still maintain aspect ratios.
>> If you crop a pic to 4x6 dimensions with a program like JpegCrops,
>> mentioned earlier, you only eliminate that part of the pic that falls
>> outside of the crop area. You can then print that pic to virtually
>> any size you want and it will maintain the 4x6 aspect ratio unless you
>> decide to change it. If you then want to print to maximum size within
>> an 8.5x11 sheet, while maintaining aspect ratio, you will get a print
>> size of approximately 11"x7.3".
>> Cropping a pic to a 4x6 (2x3) aspect does not restrict you to 4"x6"
>> prints.

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In message <iASoj.34761$4w.13011@pd7urf2no>, gA <realty RemoveThis @ualberta.net>
writes
>The goodwill to help, shown by many, seems to have lost my first
>intention of my seeking help (see following):
>-----------------
>I would like o print many of my holiday pictures which I have already
>cropped. The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
>Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at 6"
>height (width will vary proportionately) and all horizontals at 6"
>width (height will vary proportionately)? If not, what is the best way
>to prepare all these photos? Thanks in advance for your help.

You are either dealing with a particularly stupid and clueless lab
(which doesn't deserve to stay in business) or you have misunderstood
their requirements. When you submit the images to their printer you
should be able to tell the lab to fit the entire image on the requested
paper size with white borders where no image exists. If that is what you
want to do. The default setting is zoom to fill (which most people
usually want), but the other option is there somewhere you just have to
look for it.

The 6" x 4" size that PC software sometimes displays is completely
meaningless and serves only to confuse. The only thing that really
matters is that the number of pixels must be sufficient to support the
paper size.

Trying to change the "size" of images displayed in inches is just
creating work to no useful end and if you do it wrong you will degrade
the image quality by resampling and recompressing the orginal file.

Regards,
--
Martin Brown

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Blinky, I reviewed the help files in IM and all the examples the
site provides and my case was not covered. I dealt with 2 labs by
emailing questions and 'walked' through the procedure of 2 others.
I will phone them and perhaps avoid any possible
misunderstandings. As Jimbok says, they should be able to print my
photos without cropping (it means zooming in or out to whatever
size within the 4x6 rectangle). Simple, no?
I am grateful to all who have taken the time to make suggestions.
-gA

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> gA wrote:
>
>> The goodwill to help, shown by many, seems to have lost my first
>> intention of my seeking help (see following):
>
> Not me. I gave you the name of a program that will do what you ask *as a
> batch job*. That's just a FWIW -- I realize you didn't find out how to
> use it.
>
>> -----------------
>> I would like o print many of my holiday pictures which I have
>> already cropped. The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
>> Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at
>
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In article <l8NHd7AQNHpHFw5G RemoveThis @nospam.demon.co.uk>,
|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk says...
>
>
>In message <knQoj.34488$4w.26761@pd7urf2no>, gA <realty RemoveThis @ualberta.net>
>writes
>>Thanks again, Jimbok, but I want to do NO CROPPING. I just want to end
>>up with the largest picture I can get within a 4x6 rectangle. This
>>means tha the WHOLE existing picture will get bigger or smaller and the
>>longest side will be either 4" or 6". I like JpegCrops a lot, but I
>>could not get it to do what I want. Did I miss something? Thanks all
>>for your patience.
>
>Almost any image manipulation program worth its salt will let you choose
>how big to print an image on your own local printer. The nominal size in
>inches based on ppi stored inside the file is a meaningless number that
>serves only to confuse. Ignore it and concentrate on the number of
>pixels.
>
>When the print dialogue opens you should have options to choose the
>linear dimensions of the final print, its position on the page and
>scaling of the printed image. PSPro certainly does it that way.
>
>Regards,
>Martin Brown
>>-gA
>>
>>jimbok wrote:
>>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:10:36 GMT, gA <realty RemoveThis @ualberta.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I need to make my photo in the largest possible size that fits
>>>>within a 4x6 rectangle, and that could mean shrinking its original size.
>>>> When I print a picture my printer asks me if I want the largest
>>>>size that fits in the sheet (8.5x11) and still maintain aspect ratios.
>>> If you crop a pic to 4x6 dimensions with a program like JpegCrops,
>>> mentioned earlier, you only eliminate that part of the pic that falls
>>> outside of the crop area. You can then print that pic to virtually
>>> any size you want and it will maintain the 4x6 aspect ratio unless you
>>> decide to change it. If you then want to print to maximum size within
>>> an 8.5x11 sheet, while maintaining aspect ratio, you will get a print
>>> size of approximately 11"x7.3".
>>> Cropping a pic to a 4x6 (2x3) aspect does not restrict you to 4"x6"
>>> prints.
>
Kia Ora


My favourite for this is Pix Print.
1. You set the size of the paper you are using.
2. Set the size of the pic you want.
3. Open the folder where your pics are.
4. View your selected pic.
5. Drag your pic onto your page at your preset size.
6. Select your next print.
7. Rotate or resize any of your pics
8. Crop if you want to.
9. Print your pics
10. Have Fun!
Mac
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Mac, does Pix Print allow batch resizing? If I have to do the
pictures one at a time, I could use almost every program I have
been suggested. I never thought that this would turn out to be
such an impossible task... Cheers.
-gA

Mac Lynch wrote:
> In article <l8NHd7AQNHpHFw5G.DeleteThis@nospam.demon.co.uk>,
> |||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk says...
>>
>> In message <knQoj.34488$4w.26761@pd7urf2no>, gA <realty.DeleteThis@ualberta.net>
>> writes
>>> Thanks again, Jimbok, but I want to do NO CROPPING. I just want to end
>>> up with the largest picture I can get within a 4x6 rectangle. This
>>> means tha the WHOLE existing picture will get bigger or smaller and the
>>> longest side will be either 4" or 6". I like JpegCrops a lot, but I
>>> could not get it to do what I want. Did I miss something? Thanks all
>>> for your patience.
>> Almost any image manipulation program worth its salt will let you choose
>> how big to print an image on your own local printer. The nominal size in
>> inches based on ppi stored inside the file is a meaningless number that
>> serves only to confuse. Ignore it and concentrate on the number of
>> pixels.
>>
>> When the print dialogue opens you should have options to choose the
>> linear dimensions of the final print, its position on the page and
>> scaling of the printed image. PSPro certainly does it that way.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin Brown
>>> -gA
>>>
>>> jimbok wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:10:36 GMT, gA <realty.DeleteThis@ualberta.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I need to make my photo in the largest possible size that fits
>>>>> within a 4x6 rectangle, and that could mean shrinking its original size.
>>>>> When I print a picture my printer asks me if I want the largest
>>>>> size that fits in the sheet (8.5x11) and still maintain aspect ratios.
>>>> If you crop a pic to 4x6 dimensions with a program like JpegCrops,
>>>> mentioned earlier, you only eliminate that part of the pic that falls
>>>> outside of the crop area. You can then print that pic to virtually
>>>> any size you want and it will maintain the 4x6 aspect ratio unless you
>>>> decide to change it. If you then want to print to maximum size within
>>>> an 8.5x11 sheet, while maintaining aspect ratio, you will get a print
>>>> size of approximately 11"x7.3".
>>>> Cropping a pic to a 4x6 (2x3) aspect does not restrict you to 4"x6"
>>>> prints.
> Kia Ora
>
>
> My favourite for this is Pix Print.
> 1. You set the size of the paper you are using.
> 2. Set the size of the pic you want.
> 3. Open the folder where your pics are.
> 4. View your selected pic.
> 5. Drag your pic onto your page at your preset size.
> 6. Select your next print.
> 7. Rotate or resize any of your pics
> 8. Crop if you want to.
> 9. Print your pics
> 10. Have Fun!
> Mac
>
>
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After many hours of trying programs and searching the internet and
my Photoshop's help files, I have got a solution and I share it
here the way I was hoping to have received it:
-Photoshop CS2 will do it!
1. open any picture
2. Actions palette
3. New Action (give it a name)
4. hit Record
5. File/Automate/Fit Image (fill out maximum sizes)
6. Save As (your Production file name)
7. Stop the recording
8. File/Automate/Batch/Production/your file name
9. OK (go get a cup of coffee, if you have many pictures).
In addition, I could not see any loss in quality.
Thank you all. Cheers,
-gA

gA wrote:
> I would like o print many of my holiday pictures which I have already
> cropped. The labs need 4"x6" and my sizes are all over...
> Is there a way that I can do a 'batch' job to set all verticals at 6"
> height (width will vary proportionately) and all horizontals at 6" width
> (height will vary proportionately)? If not, what is the best way to
> prepare all these photos? Thanks in advance for your help.
> - gA
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In article <xAipj.38539$4w.3315@pd7urf2no>, realty DeleteThis @ualberta.net says...
>
>
>Mac, does Pix Print allow batch resizing? If I have to do the
>pictures one at a time, I could use almost every program I have
>been suggested. I never thought that this would turn out to be
>such an impossible task... Cheers.
>-gA
>
Are we talking at cross purposes here?
I have understood you want to print your pics to a 6 x 4 size.
You can set the page setup to whatever size paper you want.
If you set the size of the pic you want, you can drag the pic to the paper
window & print as many copies that you want. The settings remain the same
until you change them.
If the paper is bigger than one pic size you would have to individually place
each pic in the required position.Then print them off.
Mac


>> My favourite for this is Pix Print.
>> 1. You set the size of the paper you are using.
>> 2. Set the size of the pic you want.
>> 3. Open the folder where your pics are.
>> 4. View your selected pic.
>> 5. Drag your pic onto your page at your preset size.
>> 6. Select your next print.
>> 7. Rotate or resize any of your pics
>> 8. Crop if you want to.
>> 9. Print your pics
>> 10. Have Fun!
>> Mac
>>
>>
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