As you compose your image, just know that if printing in standard print dimensions, the edges of your image will most certainly not appear in the print.Īnother great thing to do is crop the image yourself - before you send it to your printer. So, the best workarounds for cropping your image for print is to shoot with cropping in mind. It will have the exact height/width ratio it will just be a larger print: Nothing will be cropped, and nothing will be visible in the 16 x 20 that was not visible in the 8 x 10. Remember that you can also go larger with the print dimensions while keeping the same aspect ratio.įor example, our 4 x 5 aspect ratio (8 x 10) above can also be sized to precisely 16 x 20. Square prints are also quite popular nowadays, and the ratio for the square crop is 1 x 1 (equal parts height and width!): While you will still lose a small portion of your image, it will be less than a 4 x 5 (8 x 10) crop. Therefore it is closer to the original image that you saw on your camera. This aspect ratio is slightly less boxy and rectangular than the 4 x 5 (8 x 10) ratio. This is a default ratio in Lightroom or Photoshop. 5 x 7 Aspect RatioĪnother common aspect ratio is 5:7. Any of these would be good as a kind of décor, a warm memory or a stylish accent for your table or living room wall. This is because we are cropping from a 4:6 (or 8 x 12 aspect ratio) to a 4:5 or (8 x 10 aspect ratio). Well, part of the image is going to have to be cropped out because 8 x 10 and 8 x 12 are different aspect ratios:Īs you can see above, cropping from the original straight out of the camera dimensions results in losing some of the edges of the image. Let's say your client wants an 8 x 10 print. This is where things get a bit tricky with printing. Now, when this ratio is translated to print dimensions, a common size is 8 x 12 inches: I know it sounds silly, but this is one of those situations where whatever helps you work out the math in your head is totally acceptable, as long as you can visualize what the numbers mean. I think of 4 x 6 in terms of "four parts height, and six parts width. I love to cook, so thinking about aspect ratio in cooking terms helps me visualize what these numbers mean. Most digital images, shot in camera and before any cropping occurs during post-processing, have an aspect ratio of around 4:6 or 2:3 (another way of expressing 4 x 6 or 2 x 3). Unfortunately, this is not always the case - but there are workarounds! First, let me explain the basics of aspect ratios and HOW IT RELATES to print dimensions:Ĭommon Photo Aspect Ratios 4 x 6 Aspect Ratio In other words, nothing will be cropped out of the picture. Understanding Photo Aspect Ratio & Print DimensionsĪ common misconception about printing images is that you can print any image, at any size, and everything that appears in the image on your screen will also appear in a print.
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