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I can't seem to print an entire image in a 4x6 print -- as soon as I select anything smaller than 8x10, it crops my image automatically and won't let me zoom out or move the frame using any of the built-in print options. It's like iPhoto just won't scale down the image that far. Any ideas?
iPhoto '11
Yeah, I'm there. It seems like as long as I have 4x6 selected as my paper size, iPhoto forgets about everything for at least an inch or so on all sides of the photo. Even changing the print size doesn't seem to change the size of the image at all, it just prints a smaller or larger section of the very center of the image. And when I go to the "customize" window, it won't let me zoom out or move the image -- it's like those pixels have ceased to exist as far as iPhoto is concerned.
Yeah, those ratios are just about equal. But again, that's not the problem I'm having.
It doesn't seem to matter what I type in for print size, because it's not just changing the aspect ratio for the entire image; it's only taking a tiny chunk of the very center of the image and leaving out probably close to a thousand pixels on all four sides.
Look at the screen shots I posted above: even if 5.33x4 is not the precisely correct ratio, the entire width of the photo should be visible. But instead it's only the very center, and about 1/3 of the photo on either side is missing.
4 x 6 and 8 x 10 are different aspect ratios - literally, different shapes. So if you want to print an 8 x 10 with 4 as the longest size, it's 4 x 5 you will need to print at. That's why it's cropping it.
Right -- but even when I cropped the image to 4x6, it still won't print the whole thing.
ARe you selecting *both* the paper size and the image size?
Actually, I'm only seeing an option to change the "print" size, not the image size. Where is that?
You don't see this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3866474?answerId=18092110022#18092110022
?
Sorry, "print size" is what you need to set.
If you want to print the entire photo onto a 4 x 6 stock you must select a custom size that is less than 4x6 but has the same size ratio or your original image.
For instance if your photo is 1600 x 1200 that has a ratio of 4:3 or 1.333. A 4x6 image has a ration of 1.5.
Therefore select a custom image of that's less than 4x6 that has a size ratio of 1.333. That will fit the entire photo on the stock you've chosen but will leave some white space around the photo.
Here's a photo that has a size ratio of 1.337. Printed standard as a borderless 4x6 you'll get this:
But if you select a custom size of 5.35 x 4 which is a size ratio of 1.337 you'll get this:
So it can be done but just required a bit of math.
OT
Thanks -- I wish this were the issue, but it's not. When I select 5.35x4, it gives me a little section of the center of the image, at the right aspect ratio. iPhoto zooms it in automatically and won't let me zoom out while I have 4x6 paper selected.
I've also tried exporting the file to different size jpgs, but then for whatever reason Preview doesn't give me options for paper other than letter size.
It's like I have some setting checked deep in the bowels of iPhoto that it will only print at a certain range of dpi. Or something?
Here's my original photo:
and here's what I get when I try and print with 4x6 paper selected and print size "borderless":
and if I change the print size to 5.35x4, it just does this:
The print size I selected was for my photo which has a pixel dimension of 6020 x 4500. What is the pixel dimension of your photo?
Mine is 4307 x 3230, which is a 1.333 ratio. But it's not that I'm worried about those few pixels, I'm losing hundreds of pixels on all sides no matter what I type in for the image size. Here's a better screen shot of what happens when I do 5.33 x 4 as a custom size:
again, compare that to my original image:
If the image is 4307 x 3230 then you need to 4:3 aspect ratio, not 5.3:4
Regards
TD
Add the full sized photo to a post, go to the HTML mode and delete the size tag for it which is
width="450"
That way I'll be able to open the photo in a separate window, download it and test it here.
printing entire image in 4x6
