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    Printing images of unusual dimensions

    Is there a place (either online or a physical store) that can print photos that do not have a standard width:height ratio (such as 4:3 or 3:2) ... for example, a panorama image that might be as wide as 4000x1000.

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    Re: Printing images of unusual dimensions

    Hi Mbw...and welcome to the forums...I really don't know of any place, but there is another thread about this in the Viewfinder forum...here is the link...you might want to check it out.
    Online Printing of Panoramas
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    Re: Printing images of unusual dimensions

    What you can do is increase your image's canvas size to one of the standard sizes. This will leave some extra white space around your photo. You can include more than one picture in the one standard sized image if you want.
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    Re: Printing images of unusual dimensions

    That thread should help, but you may be able to change the image to a standard size and then trim it to get what you want. Use a straight edge (resting on the scrap side) and a razor blade to get a clean and straight edge.

    I don't mean that you should crop a pano into an 8x10, but to add to the sides to make it the same proportions as a standard size. In other words, if you want a 10" wide (or long) pano, increase the sides so it's 8" wide and then trim the scrap.

    For Photoshop CS:
    1) Set the dimensions that you want the final print to be, for example 4"x10" at 300dpi
    2) Click Image > Canvas Size.
    3) In the example size I listed, one dimension will be 10" and change the other to 8".
    4) Set Anchor at one of the long sides so you only have one edge to trim.
    5) Set the "Canvas Extension Color" as you want it, here it's black obviously...
    6) Click OK and take it to your local one hour lab and have the 8x10 printed.

    It should look something like this when you get it back. Of course you could probably get two of these images on the same piece of paper, so that might be an economical way to do it, too.
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