How to print Picture

**eilohn** · 14 April 2007, 02:17 AM

How to print a picture from photoshop cs to a desired size, just like example 2272 x 1170 pxls to a 4" x 6" size of paper... I ve tried but the picture shrink into distortion which is changed from its size? How do I deal with this one?

**RTW1** · 14 April 2007, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by eilohn

How to print a picture from photoshop cs to a desired size, just like example 2272 x 1170 pxls to a 4" x 6" size of paper... I ve tried but the picture shrink into distortion which is changed from its size? How do I deal with this one?

you set the crop tool to 4inch by 6inch then crop to that size and then print,and if you save this with a new name your original image is safe.

**handrawn** · 14 April 2007, 08:47 AM

I don't have photoshop CS, but an earlier version.
Is the problem that photoshop is automatically resizing your picture to fit the paper size? - if so, you should try resizing the image first.

When resizing you should check the dpi value - if it is any less than 150 it should be changed - somewhere between 150-300 is usual - then change the size value to the size you wish to print at - this must be the size of the printable area, which will probably be a bit less than the paper size.
Press ok - your image is re sized.
Save as new file name, as RTW1 suggests.
This way you do not need to crop, but if you still get poor results, then either there is too much detail in the original or it was not of suitable quality in the first place.

**RTW1** · 14 April 2007, 06:40 PM

Inkjet prints look just fine when printed at 180dpi and above. 300dpi or more is usually required for mags etc.
The crop tool is just a handy way to re-size without getting involved in mathematics. You can also set the resolution per inch on the info bar at the same time as the size, then your image will be up or down sized accordingly.
Do not worry to much about re-sizing, try a print if it looks good, it is good. After all any file sent to the printer is interpolated by the printer driver. Hard and fast rules do not count, it is results that matter.

**handrawn** · 14 April 2007, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by RTW1

Inkjet prints look just fine when printed at 180dpi and above. 300dpi or more is usually required for mags etc

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? thats a generalization!

Originally Posted by RTW1

The crop tool is just a handy way to re-size

Crop tools don't resize, they extract a selected part, - you loose the rest.

Originally Posted by RTW1

Hard and fast rules do not count, it is results that matter.

**RTW1** · 14 April 2007, 10:13 PM

If an image is say 2by3 [12x8 inch] ratio as are most digital SLRs and you want say a 4by5 [10by8] ratio print, it is possible to distort that image to the new ratio and keep all the pixel information but no one wants distorted images, so the crop tool comes into play or software that masks the image to the new size.
By using the info bar on the crop tool you can re-size , just because you are using the crop tool you can still select the whole image area if the ratios are the same. For example 2by3 ratio can be a 2by3 inch print or a 6by9inch, 8by12inch, 10by15inch, or other sizes, just enter the size you want in the crop options, this feature has been available from Photoshop 4 onwards.
http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/psc/psc05.php

**handrawn** · 15 April 2007, 08:08 AM

RTW1

No argument with that.
Just me looking at it the wrong way round I think
doh

**RTW1** · 15 April 2007, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

RTW1

No argument with that.
Just me looking at it the wrong way round I think
doh

Hi, Handrawn, I was not wanting to give the impression that I was in an argument with you as I have seen by your many posts that you are only to happy to help. I think it is all to easy for Photoshop user like our self’s to make simple tasks more complex because we often know the pro power way of doing some thing that new users find hard to get their heads round, in short I read the question take a guess at their ability and if I know the answer I try and go for as simple solution as possible.
A thousand apologies if I have offended.

**handrawn** · 15 April 2007, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by RTW1

Hi, Handrawn, I was not wanting to give the impression that I was in an argument with you .

No worries - all I meant by 'no argument' was that I agree, sometimes I express things a bit formally what with having the proper education an' all [

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Also I'd taken cropping to re-shape as read so I'd mis-understood, I think, some of what you were saying. Reshape and resize mean different things to me.

So sorry for that
No offense, none at all