Printing Software Problem

[mike001]

When i try to pring a group picture in film factory, the software that came with the epson 2200 i have, in anything other that a 4x6 or 13x19, it crops some of the image out.
For example, if i took a picture of a group of five guys, and filled the frame with them, it would crop off one of the guys arm on the outside of the picture.

Has anybody run into this problem or can tell me how to fix it so it doesn't crop the image?

Thanks,
Mike Allen
Brunswick, Ga.

[TonyK]

The issue is one of sensor size to print size. Most cameras, speaking digital with a 1.5 or 1.6 crop factor, are geared to 4x6. That means you can print also at 6x9, 8x12, 12x18, etc. If you want to print 8x10 or 5x7, then a crop has to be applied.

It sounds like the software is doing the crop for you but not doing it the way you would want.

My suggestion is to use software on the computer to crop or size the image as you want it to appear and then print that image.

Hope this helps,

[KmH]

Tony hit the nail on the head. You need to crop before you print.

The technical term for the relationship of the long side of an image to the short side of the same image is aspect ratio if you've a mind to educate yourself further.

4x6 is a 2:3 ratio as are 8x12, 10x15, 16x24 etc.
8x10 is 4:5. If you have an image in a 2:3 ratio and want to print it in a 4:5 ratio you're going to have to crop the image to the new ratio. You can't just resize because if you did you'd introduce distortion.

By the way: 4x6 means the image is in the vertical format and 6x4 means it's in the horizontal format. To avoid confusion, the width is always stated first.

When the long side is horizontal you want to crop one or each of the ends. When the long side is vertical you want to crop the top and/or bottom.

Now, with that all said, you can avoid having to crop. Print the image on paper larger than the image and trim the excess.

HTH

[mike001]

Thanks for the information, it has help me a lot..............
regards,
m. allen