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    Printing old photos in 8x6

    Ah, you might be right. I created a grey background and pasted the photo on top. I'll check. Thank you.
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    Printing old photos in 8x6

    I want to send some old photos of varying sizes and shapes to be printed in 8"x6" format but I'm struggling to make it work. I've scanned them at 600dpi, cleaned them up using Photofiltre software, then pasted each one on a grey background of 8"x6" in portrait or landscape, depending on the...
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    How to place a photo on a grey background?

    I've installed PhotoFiltre which is free and exactly at my level, and I've done just what J Veitch has suggested. Thanks for your ideas.
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    How to place a photo on a grey background?

    A novice, I want to place scanned bitmapped old photos of varying dimensions on 8"x6" grey backgrounds to be sent to an online photo printer. I have MS Paint and GIMP 2 under Windows 7 and I'm struggling to do this. What is a straightforward method? I would like to make a grey rectangle, place...
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