How to size photos for printing?

Robert Goldstein

• October 13, 2011 21:10

I cannot figure out how one sizes an image in Capture One 6. The best that I can come up with is to choose a paper size in the Print module and then set the margins. Somehow, I think that there must be a more direct method.

Rob

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  Drew Altdo

  • October 14, 2011 09:17

  Rob,
  Are you referencing applying a Crop or an Output Size?
  The two can be linked to make your life easier. You can place the Crop tool Ration to "Output" and then in the selected Process Recipe you can define the exact size of the image as shown in the example below;
  
  http://i56.tinypic.com/10eltu1.png
  
  When printing from Capture One you can then define the Cell Size to reflect the size of the image you wish to print.

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  Robert Goldstein

  • October 14, 2011 15:50

  Drew,
  
  I cannot get the crop tool to work that way. When I select "Output" ratio and try to prescribe exact dimensions of the image, it keeps changing them so that one side or the other will remain at the original larger length, in my case 12 inches. In other words, if my original image is 12 x 7.97 inches, C1 automatically maintains one of the dimensions at 12 inches. The same is true if I choose one of the preset ratios. One of the sides of the image will be set at 12 inches.
  
  Rob

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  Drew Altdo

  • October 17, 2011 07:39

  Rob,
  Please reference the Screenshot, adjust the Crop tool to 'Output' and then the Output Recipe to Scale the Dimensions. The Dimensions field is where you can designate the final size you would like and the Crop Ratio will then remain the same as your output dimensions.

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  Robert Goldstein

  • October 17, 2011 16:18

  Drew,
  
  Got it. I did not have the Process Recipe tool in my Composition Panel. One would think that it would appear there by default. Perhaps it is supposed to but did not in my program.
  
  Thanks,
  Rob

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