Lightroom Crop for Printing

[sep9001]

Hi

Took a few family photos yesterday and need to crop a few and sent to other family members.

Before I send them I want to make sure when they print them they come out correct.

How can I do this with LR4 and make sure that they will print correctly in different sizes?

I use a D90.

Thank you

Kev

 

[cjevans]

Use the crop tool and select the size you want, its in the develop module or you can use he shortcut which is R. The padlock symbol keeps it at that ratio and you can create new custom crops if you wish also.

 

[sep9001]

Use the crop tool and select the size you want, its in the develop module or you can use he shortcut which is R. The padlock symbol keeps it at that ratio and you can create new custom crops if you wish also.

Thanks. So as long as it lock is shown as locked cropping the images will not cause an issue with printing at boots or asda etc.

 

[sep9001]

Any more suggestions on this please... Thank you

 

[dave_bass5]

When you export your files (makes sure you use sRGB and not aRGB) its a good idea to output them at the final size IMO. LR allows you to enter the long and short edge dimensions separately, although if you have kept the same AR (as outlined above) you only need to set one of the edges.
This also helps keep the images as sharp as possible, as it means the photo lab aren't messing with the image size, which can reduce sharpness.

 

[sep9001]

When you export your files (makes sure you use sRGB and not aRGB) its a good idea to output them at the final size IMO. LR allows you to enter the long and short edge dimensions separately, although if you have kept the same AR (as outlined above) you only need to set one of the edges.
This also helps keep the images as sharp as possible, as it means the photo lab aren't messing with the image size, which can reduce sharpness.

Thanks. Will look into this.

 

[redhed17]

Also be aware that if anyone is printing borderless, which most people do, the printer will crop a bit off all the way round, so you may want to crop a bit loose if something important is at the edge of the frame.

Prints with a border are normally left uncropped.

It was very surprising to me when I found out how much printer cut off, and the variability of the colour reproduction too.