Sizing images for Print is CS5?

[Simplejack]

I don't know if my CS5 is bugged or what, but I can not seem to size my images properly.. My larger photo looks more like a 8x10" but shows up as being liek 2x3" in the re size part
Then I try to adjust the image width and it seems to compress instead of stretch..
Hopefully someone knows what I'm talking about? lol.. Hard to explain..:saddd:

I'm going to be doing my first photo print and want to make sure everything turns out it's best and is prepared properly to 100% quality.

I read some articles on sizing images and getting them ready for print and it was one of the most complicated hard to understands reads I have ever read.. There must be a simple easy way to do this?

[JohnB]

I'm far from being an expert on printing and resizing for print, but it sounds like you may have some DPI settings wrong in Photoshop. Take a look... I'm not sure what the standard DPI is, but I assume it's around 300.

[KM-Photography]

I've always had a hard time resizing images in Photoshop. Usually when I do I'm just making a smaller version of the images and depending on different requirements of the site/place I want to post it to. So for this site I just put the dpi to 72 and have the long end of my image be under 1000 pxl.

To crop to a certain size like 8x10 or 4x6 I usually use lightroom to make the crops since it has the templates for it.

[Steve Paxton]

Although it looks like you figured it out Patrick, some information on how to resize and attach images to the forum can be found here (http://paxtonprints.com/forum/showthread.php?956-Step-by-Step-Guide-on-Attaching-Images-to-a-Message%21).

[jrome]

If you're exporting for print, according to WHCC they recommend 300 PPI and JPEG level 10.

[Simplejack]

ok thanks for the exporting tip.

I still haven't figured this out yet.. I know how to do most other things, just this I want to get 100% correct since it is the last step before printing, and if it's not printed out correctly, the image is ruined and I wasted money.