ABQmom Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I uploaded a bunch of photos and when trying to order them realized they were far too big to have printed. How do you do this? I got the idea from Linda Fay's blog, but I don't know where to find pictures that are small enough to have a 4X6 printed at Sam's or Walgreen's. I want to do Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Norman Rockwell, and Grandmas Moses. Can anyone help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 You should be able to take the files on a thumb drive to Sam's or Walgreen's and choose the size you want them printed out as. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Mmm...I have no idea what you mean by "take the files on a thumb drive". I'm really not very computer or picture savvy. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Okay, obviously I know nothing about printing out pictures! Dh says the problem is that the images I have are too small! I was getting a little message by my pictures saying something to the effect of "not recommended this be printed". I assumed they were too big. :confused: So, if anyone has done this, did the pictures turn out good? Were they grainy? I really need someone to walk me through this one. (I'm starting to feel really dumb!) How big should the image be that I try to have printed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanne in MN Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Probably not what you are looking for, but I google images I'm looking for-like art work. I click on the picture, it will appear at the top of the screen on the following page. I click on it again and it will usually come up large. I cut and paste to a word doc. and can resize it if it's too big. I print my word doc. and have my pics. Not photo quality, but with a nice printer, I'm satisfied. Good luck however you choose to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieB Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I uploaded a bunch of photos and when trying to order them realized they were far too big to have printed. How do you do this? I got the idea from Linda Fay's blog, but I don't know where to find pictures that are small enough to have a 4X6 printed at Sam's or Walgreen's. I want to do Monet, Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas, Norman Rockwell, and Grandmas Moses. Can anyone help me? Ambleside Online has a picture study and have yahoogroups that provide printable copies of the chosen artwork (4x6 is one of the formats offered). You can find their picture study here: http://amblesideonline.org/ArtSch.shtml Plus they have yahoogroups (you'll need to hunt around in these, but they do have many of the prints formatted in 4x6 already): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AO_HEO_PictureStudy_IA/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AO_HEO_PictureStudy_IB/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AO_HEO_PictureStudy_II/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AO_HEO_PictureStudy_III/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AO_HEO_PictureStudy_IV/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AOArtPrints/files/ It is fairly simple to convert 8x10 (which is the other size most of the above files are formatted) to the smaller 4x6. I know you said you weren't computer savvy, but if you ask almost any computer savvy friend, they should be able to help you quite easily and quickly. The only reason I'm not offering step by step is that any such instructions would depend on what programs you (or your friend) have available already on your computer, and since that could one of any of the hundreds of choices, it would be impossible to do steps for all of them. Seriously, though, once you learn this you'll be able to do it yourself no matter how computer-challenged you are! I have never used Walgreens, but I have used Sam's club and been able to upload 8x10 and it will automatically change it to 4x6 or 5x7 (it will warn you sometimes that the cropping conversion may result in distorted pictures, but I never found the crop to be noticeable). Going smaller is always a better quality picture than trying to take a small photo and make it larger, so if your DH is saying your photos are too small, that may be why it's not working. If you don't find the photos you want in the links above, once someone shows you how to resize, you can do a google search for the exact artwork you want, download it and resize it yourself. (and again, any semi-computer savvy friend should be able to teach you this as it's extremely easy to do once you know how!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieB Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 Oh, yeah, I also forgot that you can purchase art prints (though they're 5.5 x 8") from http://www.uni-prints.com/ Very nice quality, very reasonable prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted August 20, 2009 Author Share Posted August 20, 2009 Thank you! Jeanne and Connie, you have given me something to go on! I will definitely check out those yahoo groups. Thanks again the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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