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Title: Print location query Post by: Jules on July 26, 2011, 09:50:57 AM Hi. I am printing some exhibition pictures on A3+ paper. The images are all landscape, but not necessarily exactly the same size. In order to make them look good as a group I have decided to center them on the paper and make the gap above the image and below the image 40mm. With me so far? OK. I have saved one of these images after printing, and can use it for starters when doing my next print, BUT because the next print might be slightly wider or thinner, when dropping the image onto my saved template it does not necessarily measure 40mm above and below, it could be 42.3 say or 39.7 for instance. Now here is my question. How can I easily adjust the size to my preferred 40mm above and below letting the side spaces adjust themselves? If I try putting 40mm in the top space box, the image just moves up or down and the bottom space is left at not 40mm. I am not allowed to enter 40mm in both boxes as the software prohibits this. SO... my only solution is to drag a corner to make the image larger or smaller depending on which will get the same to the right height and then hit 'Center' and see if it ended up at 40mm top and bottom. But this is really hit and miss although sort of achievable in the end after a few goes. Is there an easier solution that I am missing here? ???
Title: Re: Print location query Post by: Terry-M on July 26, 2011, 10:52:45 AM Hi Jules,
Try putting the crop scissors on. This will make the images the same aspect ratio but will crop either top or side edges. As I read it, you do not want to crop your images. Alternatively, set a custom size with the height (2nd box) to the desired dimension that gives you 40mm space top & bottom. Set the width (1st box) to the full printable width of the page - crop scissors OFF. That will give you a fixed height of print and a variable width. Terry Title: Re: Print location query Post by: Jules on July 26, 2011, 02:29:30 PM Brilliant Terry. The second part of your reply does exactly what I wanted. I would never have worked that out on my own! :)
Title: Re: Print location query Post by: Terry-M on July 26, 2011, 02:56:29 PM Quote I would never have worked that out on my own! Just think of the set print size as a frame into which the image fits. If one dimension is smaller than the set dimension due to an aspect ratio difference, the size is governed by the the other dimension fitting into the "frame". This is with the crop scissors off. With crop scissors on, the specified size in both directions is applied by cropping.Terry |