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Article -
How to Properly Crop
Digital Photos for Photo Enlargement Printing
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By: Mike Kruske
Director - Technical Services / Operations
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Digital cameras produce
uncropped full images right from the camera that are
formatted differently than most standard print or frame
sizes. This means that the photo you download from your
camera will probably need to be cropped to produce a
standard size. Some photo enlargement printing sizes will
be produced with a digital camera's full frame photo, but
many sizes require cropping. If you want to crop your
digital photo, there is a certain way the cropping should
be done for the best print quality.
For the very best and finest quality photo enlargement
printing from your digital photos, any cropping done to
the original photo file should be done without altering
the original pixel values. Your do not want to use
software to increase the photo's native resolution or
resample the photo when cropping, as this digital photo
processing will actually degrade the original optical
quality of the image. The cropping methods described below
are considering we will be processing and printing your
digital photos. We utilize highly advanced photo
enlargement printing software systems that will print your
photo enlargements at 360ppi, and the image will print at
any target output size with absolute original photo
quality.
Cropping digital photos for photo enlargement printing
using any version of Photoshop:
Open the original, native resolution digital photo in
Photoshop.
TIP: click view > snap (if available) keeps the crop
box within the bounds of the photo.
Decide the photo enlargement print size you want for the
photo - example 20w x 16h.
Select your crop tool from the tools palette.
Note the 3 parameter fields at the top under the main menu
- width / height / resolution.
In the width field enter - 20 in (need to include the
"in" for inches)
In the height field enter - 16 in
IMPORTANT - leave the resolution field BLANK - do not
enter a value.
By leaving the resolution field blank, you will not alter
the original pixel values of the photo with the software.
Drag the crop box anywhere you want in the photo. You
could drag to the edges or anywhere within the photo, and
the crop box will make a 16x20 print format.
Apply the crop when you like it, or cancel the action and
start again.
After you crop the photo to your satisfaction, save the
file as a new file name so you don't overwrite your
original photo file, and this is the file you would send
for photo enlargement printing at the 16x20 print size.
Do not be concerned if you check the cropped digital
photo's image size window and see it may be a size of
15.898 x 20 or some other fractional dimension, and it may
have an odd sized resolution like 117.566ppi, our software
systems will fine tune the photo to an exact 16x20 at
360ppi resolution.
If you want to artistically crop a digital photo producing
a custom size print, the instructions above will still
apply, except do not enter any values in the 3 crop
parameters for width, height and resolution.
If you are not using Photoshop for your photo editing, but
some other image editing software, there should be some
way through the application crop functions to set your
output print size and enable or disable resolution
changes. To get the function details for your software may
require accessing and reading the software help system.
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