Hi y'all,
Please bear with me as this is my firstest attempt at a tutorial...so here goes...
Many times I've tried to print exactly how the photo appears online without too much success. Here is one way to get around it.
Aspect ratio is the ratio pf the length versus the width of the photo. i.e,4"X6". As you can see this won't come out evenly to an 8"X10" print without some cropping of the picture. If you step back a few paces when taking the photo your main subject will be smaller to begin with but won't be cropped out in the final print. This isn't always possible(especially if you're standing on a mountain top).
What works for me is to adjust the image size in PSE. Go to image>resize>image size. The dialog box has the picture's size listed in inches. Change this to per cent. AS is it should say hight=100 per cent and width=100 per cent. Make sure the resample image box is checked.
Now change either of the sizes to 110 per cent and PSE will change the other dimension. Now hit enter and the size of the picture will increase by 10 per cent. I usually do this twice so my final width dimension will be 8".
When printing for an 8"'X10" print you'll have to crop out some of the photo because the current dimensions are 8""X 12". So crop out some of the photo's height to get the right dimensions for an 8"X10" print.
Chas
Please bear with me as this is my firstest attempt at a tutorial...so here goes...
Many times I've tried to print exactly how the photo appears online without too much success. Here is one way to get around it.
Aspect ratio is the ratio pf the length versus the width of the photo. i.e,4"X6". As you can see this won't come out evenly to an 8"X10" print without some cropping of the picture. If you step back a few paces when taking the photo your main subject will be smaller to begin with but won't be cropped out in the final print. This isn't always possible(especially if you're standing on a mountain top).
What works for me is to adjust the image size in PSE. Go to image>resize>image size. The dialog box has the picture's size listed in inches. Change this to per cent. AS is it should say hight=100 per cent and width=100 per cent. Make sure the resample image box is checked.
Now change either of the sizes to 110 per cent and PSE will change the other dimension. Now hit enter and the size of the picture will increase by 10 per cent. I usually do this twice so my final width dimension will be 8".
When printing for an 8"'X10" print you'll have to crop out some of the photo because the current dimensions are 8""X 12". So crop out some of the photo's height to get the right dimensions for an 8"X10" print.
Chas