Subj : Re: Why do their heads look too narrow, or wide To : All From : Lws4art@gmail.com Date : Mon Jan 02 2017 09:05 am From: "Jonathan N. Little" Subject: Re: Why do their heads look too narrow, or wide Mayayana wrote: > "Jonathan N. Little" wrote > > | if the user > | adjusts a non-square image by 'stretching' horizontally or vertically to > | distort the image to fit a square space over resampling and cropping > | just points to user error. > | > > But if the photo was not square as received then > how do they decide what to crop? Really? Well using a but of common sense one should safely assume the *face* the most important feature in the image. If you need to crop vertically then crop out space above the head, then space below the chin. If horizontal the shoulders are not as important as the ears! > The best approach is not necessarily the approach that the print > shop is being paid to do. They may not even have permission to take > that liberty, lest Micky come back and complain that his cowlick was > chopped off and demand his money back. :) Or just do best fit. > > Micky needed to send in a 1x1 to be printed at 2400 dpi. He should > have sent a 2400x2400 image. Aside of that would be insane resolution for printing, typically 150 to 300 ppi is more than adequate for most printing processes. -- Take care, Jonathan ------------------- LITTLE WORKS STUDIO http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com --- ViaMAIL!/WC v2.00 * Origin: ViaMAIL! - Lightning Fast Mailer for Wildcat! (1:261/20) .