As you can see I hope my printer settings are OK and the image does not go outside the small box on the right however when I place the image in the Que for printing it is inside the box but does not look A3 size as set in the printer on image one. If I click either fit to paper or page the image gets croped out on the Left side.
Thanks
Russ
Hi Russ,
I see what you are doing... This is one of those easy peasy things
(once the light bulb lights in your head)1) Aspect ratio. Out of most digital cameras; 3:2.
1a) That means the left to right dimension (landscape orientation) is 3 and top to bottom; 2.
2) Now the tricky part. You say 3 what? Two what?
I say number of pixels left to right , divided by the vertical pixel count.
I say inches of print dimension.
You say: I still don't get it.
I say: If you made a print 6 x 4, there would be no cropping and the entire image fits the print. (Multiple of 3:2)
Now you want to make a fit to page on A3 paper. Looking at the top of the live view picture, you see the printable area.
Divide the large inches by the smaller inches, and you get 1.42:1 or 2.8: 2.... That's OK
Now if we toss that original 3:2 image into a print area that is 2.8:2, it is the wrong shape. Now the real confuser.
You crop the image in the Editor, and all bets are off.... what ratio did you crop to? I don't know either.
Solutions: 1 and 2
Solution 1 is to click the auto crop scissor to on. Now Qimage will fill out your print size request.
It must crop the print in order to fill out the size request because the cropped image dimensions are not the same as the printable area dimensions.But in doing so, you lost a piece of petal off the edge.
The cure... Open PRINT EDITOR and select cropping tab. Snap 021 shows where I lost 1/4 of the baboon face off the right edge. It also shows the cursor as a hand. I drag that image to the left and center that face. Let go. The big image resets to match.
All done....
Solution 2
You want to print a fit to page A3 print and have no aspect issues later on.
Simply type in those printable sizes at the top of the preview, or in a case where you want a set size like 11 x 14 or 13 x 19..... you type in teh print size into the CROP LOCK box in the image editor, check the Crop Lock ON.
Now draw your image crop for the image you want. It will be the matching ratio for the print.
As I said earlier. This topic is one that is a mystery until WHAMMO! I get it.
If a video for you works better, just say yes. I'll be happy to make it and send it ASAP.
Fred