pojomojo1
Registered: 08/19/09
Posts: 1
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I'm a total printing newbie. Not only do I know nothing about printing, I don't know much about images in general either. Therefore I think I need a little hand-holding for my first poster order (many more to come).
I recently purchased rights from my photographer to some pictures of my twin boys and I would like to get them printed and mounted on foam core.
I do have Photoshop 6.0 though I don't really know how to use it.
Now the photographer has given me JPG files. All files have the following dimensions: 3168 X 4752 (some images have 4752 x 3168; depending on the image orientation; not sure if that makes a difference).
Now I understand from your FAQs and older threads on this forum that I have to crop the image before sending to you depending on what poster size I want.
Question 1: I don't feel very comfortable with cropping as I'm afraid I will crop the wrong part out and it may not look good. The photographer has told me that these images are "post-processed" and "perfect as-is" and that no "modifications" or "color corrections" be made on them. They should be printed as-is. So what if I do this instead of cropping: I load up the image in PS 6.0; go to Image Menu --> Image Size. In the resulting dialog box if I type in 30 X 40 under width and height respectively (with Constrain Proportions checked (assuming I want a 30 x 48; if I want a 24x30 I would type in 24 x 30 here). And that's it. Hit ok and Photshop resizes the image without me having to crop it. Will this do fine? You think the results will be okay?
Question 2: I have read other threads in this forum where you have recommended physically cropping the image using the crop tool in PS for best results. How exactly do I use the crop tool? Your FAQ says:
"Using the crop tool in Photoshop, set your proportions to the size you are ordering, but leave the resolution field BLANK, not zero, but empty."
Where exactly do I set my proportions in the crop tool? I played around with it. When I select the crop tool and use it on my image, I can draw a rectangle on my image and then cut (crop) the image around the rectangle. Where do I set "proportions" and where is the resolution field that I need to leave "BLANK". I do not see the resolution field when using the crop tool. Again, I'm using PS 6.0. How do I crop so that the resulting image is exactly 24x30 or 30x40 or whatever poster size I'm trying to print.
Sorry for the long post; appreciate any help that I can get.
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dreuther
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Registered: 03/26/07
Posts: 112
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Pojomojo1, to be honest and to make your life easier just use our ROES ordering software. Once in the software, select the size you want to order, then drag and drop your image into the template, you can crop right there in the program, as the interface is a what you see is what you get. No need to use Photoshop or the like and worry about cropping it properly. Let me know if you need any help once you launch the ROES system.
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