Print sizes - a list of Ratios and possible print sizes within

Carlh

Carlh

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I've asked this questions a couple of times and a lot of other people ask this question, which requires them to go figure out possible print sizes based on ratios (3:2, 4:3, 16:9) - so after digesting some calculations that another user gave to me on here a few months ago and getting a spare 30 minutes, I thought I would write a small application in windows to do all the calculating for me. I wanted to share this with the TP community - I think it should be made a sticky - to save the same question getting asked :)

The application I have wrote will take into account <<any>> print size, up to several miles (imagine a print that big , yikes!) so I've limited it to 40 inches on the short side (if people do want a larger print, let me know, I can extend it to whatever length, under any ratio. :naughty:

Shooting using 3:2, your native print sizes available to you would be:
4x6
5x7.5
6x9
7x10.5
8x12
9x13.5
10x15
11x16.5
12x18
13x19.5
14x21
15x22.5
16x24
17x25.5
18x27
19x28.5
20x30
21x31.5
22x33
23x34.5
24x36
25x37.5
26x39
27x40.5
28x42
29x43.5
30x45
31x46.5
32x48
33x49.5
34x51
35x52.5
36x54
37x55.5
38x57
39x58.5
40x60


Shooting using 4:3, your native print sizes available to you would be:
4x5.3
5x6.6
6x8
7x9.3
8x10.6
9x12
10x13.3
11x14.6
12x16
13x17.3
14x18.6
15x20
16x21.3
17x22.6
18x24
19x25.3
20x26.6
21x28
22x29.3
23x30.6
24x32
25x33.3
26x34.6
27x36
28x37.3
29x38.6
30x40
31x41.3
32x42.6
33x44
34x45.3
35x46.6
36x48
37x49.3
38x50.6
39x52
40x53.3



Shooting using 16:9, your native print sizes available to you would be:
4x7.1
5x8.8
6x10.6
7x12.4
8x14.2
9x16
10x17.7
11x19.5
12x21.3
13x23.1
14x24.8
15x26.6
16x28.4
17x30.2
18x32
19x33.7
20x35.5
21x37.3
22x39.1
23x40.8
24x42.6
25x44.4
26x46.2
27x48
28x49.7
29x51.5
30x53.3
31x55.1
32x56.8
33x58.6
34x60.4
35x62.2
36x64
37x65.7

Hope this helps people :)
 
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Well I didn't get too far down the list when I saw 5x8 under the 3:2 section. How does that work/compute?
 
admirable said:
Well I didn't get too far down the list when I saw 5x8 under the 3:2 section. How does that work/compute?
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5x8 is 3:2 - 1.5 x short length = 8 hence 5x8

testbloke said:
Lol, me too.
Do we really need an application to calculate this ?
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I did :), I've become too lazy with math so just plugged the formula into .net , just so I know what sizes (even if they cant be printed using standard printing sizes - no cropping would be needed).

Since you can pretty much order any prints at <any> size from custom printing services (I have), without having to piddle about with mounts, its just some calculations that have been done, preset for people.

If its useful for someone, then great, if not useful for you, then thats also fine.
 
What do you mean by 1.5 x short length = 8? What short length?

1.5 x5 = 7.5
 
Carlh said:
Big hairy fat balls of b*****ks, i've got it rounding up as my variable is integer not double (to take .5) - I am an IDIOT sir lol.

Let me just re-run these and edit the first post. For a four foot snake lol
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lol!
 
Carlh said:
Big hairy fat balls of b*****ks, i've got it rounding up as my variable is integer not double (to take .5) - I am an IDIOT sir lol.

Let me just re-run these and edit the first post. For a four foot snake lol
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That made me laugh out loud at work! (perhaps I should be working...)
 
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