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Andrew

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Since: Nov 04, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 4:45 pm
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Which photo printing service crops the least?

I crop as I shoot and I'm disappointed to lose any of the image in
the print. Walmart.com took off about 6% lengthwise from the batch
of 4x6's they just printed for me. When shooting indoors at the
wide limit of my zoom, I really don't want to lose anything.
Maybe I should just add a small border with a photo editor.

Andrew

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Bill Tuthill

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Since: Aug 29, 2005
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:28 pm
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tomm101 <monego.DeleteThis@valley.net> wrote:
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> Something I have always disliked about cheap printing places, you have
> no real control over the printing. Get yourself an Epson R300 printer
> and print for yourself, yes it is not as cheap as a Walmart print but
> almost and more important you have some control. Prints from this
> printer are excellent...

I will never buy another inkjet printer that makes photo print-outs
that fade within a few years. I'm tired of looking at faded prints,
I'm tired of deciding when they need to be reprinted, I'm tired of
making replacement prints, and I'm tired of feeling guilty about
giving fading prints to friends.

So I would buy an R1800, I guess. However as you can tell from above,
I'm not a happy Epson customer, and feel reluctant to spend more money
on a new printer and their freakishly overpriced ink.

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Bill Tuthill

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:41 pm
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Dave Cohen <dave RemoveThis @example.net> wrote:
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> Both YorkPhoto and WinkFlash seem to take equal amount off top and bottom if
> I submit a 1.3 ratio image for printing to 4x6.

However (if I understand you correctly) a 1.3 ratio image would be 390 dpi,
not the 307 dpi recommended by winkflash.com.

> If I remember to crop to correct ratio (which I normally only do
> if doing some other touch-up), they seem to reproduce a print which is
> very close to what I submit.

Longs Drugs does not do this; they drop unpredictably. Guess I should
try Winkflash or York Photo.

> Don't use and can't afford PhotoShop, so not sure what that does.

Photoshop has a lot of weird irrelevant DPI stuff to confuse you.
It's also poor at editing JPEG compared to GIMP and maybe other editors.
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Terry

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:59 pm
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Dave Cohen wrote:

>My complaint is neither irfanview or my PhotoPlus are as helpful as they
>could be. I'll forgive irfanview since that is freeware. What I would like
>to see is when I click on the crop tool, I get a drop down list of common
>formats (4x6, 5x7 etc) and an unspecified or freehand crop. The common
>formats would maintain the aspect ratio when resizing.

You can do this in Irfanview. Select Edit, Create Custom Selection
(Shift-C). This lets you choose the aspect ratio. Then you can resize
the selection box without changing aspect ratio by holding down the
ctrl key. You can move the selection box around the the image. This is
explained on the Custom Selection dialog.

T.
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