image sizing-

[tramp]

i have lost my "sheet" that gave the "steps" to image sizing in ps 6.0. i have some jpeg 12 [8-10mb] photo files that i want to up upload a few and send to ritz camera and have 4x6 prints made. i have changed the color space from adobeRGB 1998 to sRGB, but i don't remember the steps as to when to "check and uncheck " constrain proportions and /or resample image".
would someone please give me the "steps" and any other advise i may need in my uploading photo's online for the first time.
thank you and merry christmas-

tramp

[Lionheart]

i have lost my "sheet" that gave the "steps" to image sizing in ps 6.0. i have some jpeg 12 [8-10mb] photo files that i want to up upload a few and send to ritz camera and have 4x6 prints made. i have changed the color space from adobeRGB 1998 to sRGB, but i don't remember the steps as to when to "check and uncheck " constrain proportions and /or resample image".
would someone please give me the "steps" and any other advise i may need in my uploading photo's online for the first time.
thank you and merry christmas-

tramp

First thing is to convert to Adobe RGB. As I recall, sRGB is the color space used for posting on the web, and most printers utilize Adobe RGB.
You will want to resize your output size to match the print size (go to top of menu, "image", then "image size", then "document size" and change to the print size you need-you don't have to but the local printers here ask me to do it that way), change resolution to at least 150 pixels per inch. You will want to constrain proportions otherwise you may get distortion during the resize-you may not get exactly 4x6 inches, but close is good enough in most cases. The other way to do it is to crop 4x6 inches at 150+pixels per inch and save the file for the printers.
As far as uploading online-never done it. I've always printed from a dye sub, or brought the files on CD-R to the local printer.
Hopefully some of what I posted is accurate, it may not be, but it's how I do it, and it works just fine for me.
Good luck and Happy Holidays

[another view]

Actually, a place like that would likely print sRGB so changing to that color space would be the thing to do. I'd bet that 99% of the people walking in the door don't know about color spaces - it's a retail store. I use a Fuji Frontier at a grocery store and had great luck, it's sRGB all the way. Pro labs can work in Adobe RGB, but places like this aren't set up for it.

I'm using CS and can't remember if it's different with 6.0 - but I use the crop tool when downsizing for a smaller print like a 4x6. Since the file size will be pretty small anyway I'd use 300 for the resolution. Set the crop tool at "6in" wide and "4in" high with a resolution of 300dpi. Drag the crop tool over the image and the file is ready to go. Don't forget to "save as" to a different place.

[Clemmie]

That's a pretty good guess, a-v. Just happens that 300dpi is the resolution of the Frontier's negative scanner, as well as the printer section. So that's the optimal working file density for the whole system.