Cropping to print whole image

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Just a quick qiestion,

When tou take a pic, un it through post production etc and then take it to get printed, how do you ensure that there is no cropping when you take it to the print shop?

I have a 500D (which has a cropped Frame of 1.6). I take some pics, turn up at Jessops and then I have to crop further to fit with the sizes they produce.

I really just want to know that the final image I create in Elements 9 is the image that will be printed.

I have read that I need to ensure that the ratio is 3:2 (which would allow me to print into any standard frame size that uses that ratio such as 8x6). But, are the images I take in camera on the 500D 3:2 ratio already? Do I need to crop in post production to ensure that the ratio is 3:2?

If I need to crop then how do I make sure thats the ratio im cropping to in Elements 9?

Very confused.com, help appreciated!!
 
Using the crop tool in elements crop to the size/ratio you want the final print to be by entering the units in the 2 boxes at the top, run out the tool to achieve the final print & crop at that, then as long as you have cropped at a size/ratio that jessops or anyone else can print at, you will get the exact image in print that you cropped to. These will vary by a millimetere or 2, but should be by no more.

HTH

EDIT By the way 8x6 is not a 3:2 ratio, 9x6 is.
 
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Glyn has given you the method of making sure you get the picture you want ... but from your OP 8x6 isn't 3:2 :D
 
The problem is the your sensor is a 3x2 ratio (I think) and the 8x6 is a 4x3 ratio, different shapes, you have a choice, either crop your original image to fit a 4x3 or fit your 3x2 onto the 4x3 and have a border on the side.

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Cropped sensor is more to do with the sensor being smaller than a full frame (35mm) sensor.
 
You ca work it out. Does the pixel depth of your images when divided by two and multiplied by three equal the pixel width?
 
The native ratio of your 500D is indeed 3:2. To find out what sizes you can print without having to crop or risking the loss of part of the image is to just multiply that ratio by any number.

Doing so gives you sizes of 6X4, 9x6, 12x8, 15x10 and so on. 6X4 is a common sized paper for printing, and I believe quite a few places also offer 12x8 as standard. You will also find that quite a few poster size prints are also offered in a a 3:2 ratio such as 20x30 and 30x45 for those super sized enlargements.
 
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