Question re: high street digital processing

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Something I've been wondering for a while... when you go into Jessops, Boots etc. and order prints from JPGs on a CD-ROM etc., how do they cope if your pics have different aspect ratios?

I assume that their prints are sized to match the sensor in a typical point'n'shoot digital camera. If your pics don't match their standard print size, do they enlarge the pic to fill their paper size (losing the top/sides), print the pic with black or white space at the edges, or physically trim the paper to fit the pic?

Thanks to anyone in the know :)

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I think you have the option to fit to size (which leaves a white border) or crop to fit. Its been a while since I went in. Have you tried the uploading option? Its cheaper for similar and sometimes better results.
 
i got some enprint sized pics done at asda and they cropped into any of my images which i'd resized, i was a bit suprised by this. i had thought that they'd have a border round them. i guess theses systems are highly automated.
 
I crop all my photos that go to the printers. That way I know that the photos will look how I want them to.

If you don't do the crop then the printer will, and you may lose parts of the picture that you wanted left in.
 
michaelgreen78 said:
I crop all my photos that go to the printers. That way I know that the photos will look how I want them to.

If you don't do the crop then the printer will, and you may lose parts of the picture that you wanted left in.
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Do you mean you crop each pic to match the shape of the enprint?

I've put some pics on a CD-ROM for a friend to mark a special occasion. The originals were shot in RAW, so I've edited each one in Photoshop, cropped it to suit the subject and saved as a high-quality JPEG.

I'd want these printed with dead space left at the sides. I could then trim them myself.

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Its usually best to crop to the size you want before printing ie set the crop tool to 7x5. that way you know what you're going to get. You could on the other hand resize the canvas to a print standard size and then trim off the 'white' space on delivery. This second method is good for non-standard sizes and bespoke frames.
 
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