I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
vertically in the exact center of the image.
On May 19, 9:40 am, Cynicor <j...tru.p.....@speak.ea.sy.net> wrote:
> I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
It is a "machine print." It is printed "full paper" as opposed to
"full frame," the latter of which you wanted. In the future you can
specify "please print full frame" but I doubt that the techs will
understand what you mean, but even if they do understand, I am unsure
of whether they will be able to print the photos to your
specifications because, well, "machine print."
"Cynicor" <j...tru.p...in@speak.ea.sy.net> wrote in message
news:iLWdnb7fyonnkdLbnZ2dnUVZ_qiqnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
>I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and specified
> 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they automatically
> cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping vertically in the
> exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
Yeah, that's pathetic. I always crop pictures to the precise size I want
them printed before I give them out to avoid this problem.
On Sat, 19 May 2007 10:40:56 -0400, in rec.photo.digital Cynicor
<j...tru.p...in@speak.ea.sy.net> wrote:
>I should've known better, but anyway...
>
>I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
>compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
>specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions
The question is given you knowledge and skills, why would you give them any
choice and not make the image you give them be the aspect ratio you
specified in the manner you desire? Doing anything else is just a waste of
time and $$, imo.
--
Ed Ruf (Usenet2@EdwardGRuf.com) http://edwardgruf.com/Digital_Photog...ral/index.html
Cynicor wrote:
> I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
I've never used Target, but unless there's an option to check off no
cropping it's what I would expect. The alternative is to return with
bars on either side which isn't what most customers would want unless
they specified no cropping.
Dave Cohen
? "Nervous Nick" <nervous.nick@gmail.com> ?????? ??? ??????
news:1179587898.959284.90870@k79g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...
> On May 19, 9:40 am, Cynicor <j...tru.p.....@speak.ea.sy.net> wrote:
> > I should've known better, but anyway...
> >
> > I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> > compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> > specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> > automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> > vertically in the exact center of the image.
> >
> > This was the original image I sent:
> >
> > http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
> >
> > This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
> >
> > http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
> >
> > Nice job, Target!
>
> It is a "machine print." It is printed "full paper" as opposed to
> "full frame," the latter of which you wanted. In the future you can
> specify "please print full frame" but I doubt that the techs will
> understand what you mean, but even if they do understand, I am unsure
> of whether they will be able to print the photos to your
> specifications because, well, "machine print."
>
> But hey: Target. What do you expect.
>
>
Well, when I still shoot film, I used to buy bulk slide film, you know, 100
ft rolls (or 30.5 m)and I used negative cartridges that could be opened and
reloaded.You can imagine-when I took them to the lab for processing (just
after Kodak had ceased producing the E-6 hobby pak)and stating explicitely
that it was a slide film, of course they processed it as a negative.Next
time, I put on the cartridge a sticker that read"SLIDE PROCESSING".So, what
do you expect....Buy some A4 paper and do your own printing....
--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
dimtzort AT otenet DOT gr
Cynicor <j...tru.p...in@speak.ea.sy.net> wrote:
>I should've known better, but anyway...
>
>I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
>compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
>specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
>automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
>vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
>This was the original image I sent:
>
>http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
>This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
>http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
>Nice job, Target!
And how did it turn out on your inkjet? Any different?
Where I come from we have a word to describe people who look for
trouble and find it.
Cynicor wrote:
> I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
This kind of idiocy is widespread; even whcc.com, a pro-oriented lab,
does it. Apparently they're terrified of wasting a square inch of
paper, or something.
The solution, of course (and at least whcc makes this plain in their
materials), is to expand the canvas to the full media size.
Cynicor wrote:
> I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
Other than the cropping, how was the printing?
I mean if you sent in photos the same aspect ratio as the paper you
selected, would they be good prints?
Cynicor wrote:
> I should've known better, but anyway...
>
> I decided to try doing photo printing at my local Target. You know, to
> compare quality to my inkjet. I sent a photo to them online, and
> specified 8x10. The picture wasn't exactly 8x10 dimensions, so they
> automatically cropped it - by taking the full width and then cropping
> vertically in the exact center of the image.
>
> This was the original image I sent:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/151972423-M.jpg
>
> This is the exact crop of the 8x10 they handed me back:
>
> http://trupin.smugmug.com/photos/154066885-M.jpg
>
> Nice job, Target!
You sent them an image in a ratio somewhere around 7:10 or 4:6 ratio and
asked for a 8:10 ratio. Something had to be cropped; why didn't you crop
it yourself, or order a 7X10 or 8X12? What did you expect?
Allen
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