Resize photo to print the same pic 4 times on a sheet of paper-8.5

[Guest]

I'm pretty frustrated because I want to fit 4 photos on a sheet of photo
paper. I'm not getting it right...can someone give me step by step process?
THANKS VERY MUCH!

 

[Yves Alarie]

The way I understand your question is your want print the SAME picture 4
times on a sheet of paper 8.5 x 11 in.

If you want 4 pictures on 8.5 x 11 in paper, the size of each picture needs
to be 3.5 x 5 in.

Now, how to you get them there using the XP print wizard. You make 3 more
copies of your picture.
Open the folder and right click on the picture you want. Click on Copy on
the opening menu. Then click on Edit on the top bar and click on Paste. This
will add a copy of the picture in your folder.
Suppose your picture has the following name:
image.jpg
When you Paste, the following file will be added:
Copy of image.jpg
Then, you right click on Copy of image.jpg and click on Copy and then click
on Edit and Paste.
You will now have the following in your folder:
image.jpg
Copy of image.jpg
Copy of Copy of image.jpg.
You right click on Copy of Copy of image.jpg and you click on Copy, then
click on Edit and Paste. You will now have the following in your folder:
image.jpg
Copy of image.jpg
Copy of Copy of image.jpg
Copy of Copy of Copy of image.jpg
You now have your four files, of the same image in your folder.
You select these four files (highlight in blue the names of the files) and
look at the menu on the left of the list of files and click on Print the
selected pictures.
The printing wizard will start. When you get to the Layout selection, scroll
down and select 3.5 x 5.
You should now get a printed page with the same photo printed 4 times at 3.5
x 5.

 

[Burgy]

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[John Inzer]

I'm pretty frustrated because I want to fit 4 photos on a
sheet of photo paper. I'm not getting it right...can
someone give me step by step process? THANKS VERY MUCH!

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You *do not* have to resize an image just
to print 4 to a page.

Open your image in Windows Explorer
and right click it...from the menu...choose
....Print...

This will open your Photo Printing Wizard.

Choose...Next / Next...

If you are using Photo Paper...open the...
Printing Preferences drop window and
choose...Photo Paper...

Next...

Scroll down and select: Wallet Prints...

Number of times to use each picture?
Enter...4....wait for the images to appear
on the template.

Click...Next...to begin printing.

TIP: If important portions of your images
are clipped due to the auto-cropping
feature...you'll have to pre-crop the images
to the correct aspect ratio in an image
editing program.

The following free program has a good
crop tool:

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm


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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[John Inzer]

Now, how to you get them there using
the XP print wizard. You make 3 more
copies of your picture.

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Hi Yves,

Haven't seen you lately...

You don't need more copies, the printing
wizard will generate the necessary copies
when you enter the number.

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the replies; however, I failed to include a factor. I want each
picture to fit a small picture frame. Can I change the print size of each
picture to 2.5 x 3.5 and then have multiple prints on one sheet of photo
paper? Can this be done?
Wallet size are too small.

The pics are Christmas gifts for my sisters.

Thanks a lot for helping me out!

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[John Inzer]

Thanks for the replies; however, I failed to include a
factor. I want each picture to fit a small picture
frame. Can I change the print size of each picture to
2.5 x 3.5 and then have multiple prints on one sheet of
photo paper? Can this be done?
Wallet size are too small.

The pics are Christmas gifts for my sisters.

Thanks a lot for helping me out!

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For the size you require you would need
a template that is not available in the
Photo Printing Wizard. However...if
you stitch two together...you could print
4 3.5 x 5s and cut them in half.

The freeware IrfanView can stitch two
or more images into one.

Download IrfanView 3.97
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194967.html
(get the plug-ins too)

How many different images are included
in this project? Possibly you could e-mail
them to me and I'll be happy to crop them
to the correct size and join them so you can
print 4 3.5 x 5s and yield 8 pictures.

My address is:
pianopartsAThotmailDOTcom
(change the obvious)

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Guest]

Thanks John!
It's just one picture and I'll email it to you.
Thank you very much...
My email is rtcouture AT yahoo DOT com.
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[Yves Alarie]

Hi John.
Have been busy and traveling.
My Face is red! Seldom use XP anymore. So many other options with more
features.

 

[John Inzer]

Hi John.
Have been busy and traveling.

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Sounds like fun.
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My Face is red!

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Sorry, didn't mean to embarass you.
==========================

Seldom use XP anymore. So many
other options with more features.

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What are you using?

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Bill P]

Thanks for the replies; however, I failed to include a factor. I want
each
picture to fit a small picture frame. Can I change the print size of each
picture to 2.5 x 3.5 and then have multiple prints on one sheet of photo
paper? Can this be done?
Wallet size are too small.

The pics are Christmas gifts for my sisters.

Thanks a lot for helping me out!

Hi Rosie
Download Picasa 2 and it will print your photograph 2.5 x 3.5 inches
multiple times on an A4 sheet (up to 9)
The program is very user friendly and it is free.
http://picasa.google.com/index.html
Regards
Bill

 

[Quilljar]

The most user friendly programn on the planet is Textease Studio. That will
do anything you want as if it was a piece of paper. You just drop a file or
files on to it and using the mouse to pull the corners, re-size and add or
subtract pictures in any fashion. There is no other program like it. It will
also play movies and make links, read your writing aloud etc etc. For
designing cards, fliers, headed notepaper or for printing out all kinds of
mixtures of photos it can't be bettered.
It began as a simple program for schools, but now adults all over the world
have realised it is a very sophisticated tool!

You can find a free 30 day trial download at.

http://www.softease.com/

I have no connection with this company, just found it to be my perfect
killer application!


Quilly,

 

[Guest]

Hi All,
I still have a problem no matter what editing tool I use to resize the
picture, when I print the XP Print Wizard force me to do a layout selection.
This 'overwrites' my editing and the original rezise. How can I force the
printing wizard to print my pictures a edited by my?

 

[John Inzer]

Hi All,
I still have a problem no matter what editing tool I use
to resize the picture, when I print the XP Print Wizard
force me to do a layout selection. This 'overwrites' my
editing and the original rezise. How can I force the
printing wizard to print my pictures a edited by my?

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WinXP Photo Printing Wizard auto-crops
the files to fit the template you choose....that
may be the problem. To prevent this, you need
software that will allow you to print actual size
with no cropping. Or...you need to prepare
your files the same size as the templates.

Also....if you are using the template that prints
2 - 4x6 images you will notice that it does not
auto-rotate...if you print two Portrait Orientation
images they will be clipped top and bottom.

Maybe the following article will give you an
idea why the files are cropped:

Aspect Ratio and unexpected cropping
http://tinyurl.com/ebwi

If you need a good crop tool to create
4x6, 5x7, 8x10, etc...the free program
FastStone Image Viewer has one.

FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

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