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Hi All...

I have a question for you.

I'm rendering a few of my holiday photos and will be cropping/editing/re-sizing etc most of them... then hopefully getting some prints.

Now, i've been re-sizing most of them to about 800px wide and then it'll sort the height out itself (to keep it relative).

I've been adding captions, then borders to the 800px wide version.

My question is, when I then go to get a print - Will it be big enough?

The images at full size are 3504x2336, but if you are looking to crop part of the image etc, this will change. So, for arguments sake... lets say you've cropped the image to 3000x2100. Would you then take the largest cropped image then add the borders/caption it/edit it/process it etc...Save as a .jpg AND a .psd THEN would you resize for web viewing (to say 800px).

Or, would you crop, then resize... then add borders etc?

A bit of a silly question, but this will be my first "set" of processed images which I will probably get prints from. And I'd hate to do it wrong :)

Thanks in advance

Amnesia
 
If t'were me, I'd set the crop tool to the size you want the final prints to be & leave the resultant pixel count alone (dpi set at 300), then add a border if you want & process in whatever way you normally do (we all have our own secret processes!) The key to good printing is to fully utilise the options in "File -> Print Preview" menu. You can print direct from a TIFF but it may be a tad slower than a jpeg. If they're very special you may want to calibrate the monitor first?
 
LadyLens said:
I wouldn't resize at all, give the printers the full size/res versions [after any cropping, editing, etc] and ask them to print to your required size. 800 is fine for web viewing but bad for printing.
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I would agree with this, do not resize the images at all if sending to a printer, just do any other editing and leave the size alone, i only ever resize for the web
 
I agree, send the full size file, I only resize for web or crop / enlarge for special print sizes. (ie prints on a different ratio than 3:2)
 
I create two sets - a hires set for printing then I create a subfolder at 72dpi 800px/1280px for web display.

The hires set I generally size for whatever I am printing - so I will size for 7x5" or 10x8" (at 300dpi with level adjustments and sharpening) just so the cropping is correct - though obviously I do this to a produced set of .jpgs/tiffs rather than the DNG files, which are always left unaltered apart from in lightroom.

Sorry if I have waffled.
 
Thanks all...

I'll let you guys have a look at my images once I've got my gallery up and running.

My last question - Photoshop or Lightroom? Or do you use both?

Thanks,
Amnesia

:-)
 
Hmmm Photoshop or Lightroom, my machine isn't man enough for Lightroom, it caused all sorts of issues when i had my whole library in it, so i keep CS2 on the machine and use that with RawShooter.
 
Amnesia180 said:
Thanks all...

I'll let you guys have a look at my images once I've got my gallery up and running.

My last question - Photoshop or Lightroom? Or do you use both?

Thanks,
Amnesia

:-)
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Lightroom first, Photoshop for some stuff Lightroom can't do.
 
Thanks, I'll research this over the next couple of days....

I'm just an amateur (and not even a good one!) so I think Lightroom may be too powerful for what I need.
 
IanC_UK said:
What software do you actually have now ?
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I have the "Trial" version of Photoshop. It says my 30 Day trial has run out but I just click "continue" and it carries on. So I'm not sure what the full version has that mine doesn't.

And to manage my images I use Picasa or the regular Windows File Manager.
 
Amnesia180 said:
I have the "Trial" version of Photoshop. It says my 30 Day trial has run out but I just click "continue" and it carries on. So I'm not sure what the full version has that mine doesn't.

And to manage my images I use Picasa or the regular Windows File Manager.
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Sorry for all the questions :)

Which version of Photoshop is it ? the Full CS edition or Elements ?
 
Same for me - workflow and processing in lightroom, then fine tuning and 'effects' in photoshop.
 
IanC_UK said:
Sorry for all the questions :)

Which version of Photoshop is it ? the Full CS edition or Elements ?
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It's the CS version I believe.
 
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