jeff_ford

YESSS!!! ***SOLUTION*** I knew there was a way! From Loxley: Sorry for the confusion, I understand what you mean now. When you are in the product builder if you select the fit button, then right-click on your images and select all. Then drag and drop the image in the picture box, this will fit all images. THANK YOU LOXLEY

Unfortunately that won't work, too many images to edit .... There is a solution on the Loxley site for individual prints , I'm waiting to see if this can be applied to multiple images

OK. so for others.....there is an option to 'FIT' which can be applied on a print by print basis, I'm waiting to hear if there is a global command to apply it to all 1800 uploaded images....

Frustrating as there used to be a 'fix aspect ratio' option ........or similar terminology adding borders isn't an option as there are around 1800 to be printed. We'll buy a new printer, got boxes of Fine Art paper to use up anyway....🙂

Take this image....I obviously want the full width....but when I load it onto their software it just reframes to 2 faces..... She used to print everything herself on an old Epson R2800. But its no longer working and we hoped outsourcing the prints would be easier than replacing the printer. But I may be wrong 😂

Then I've not explained it clearly. They are enlarging the image to fit the ratio of the paper (pan and scan....which should never have been allowed 😡). I WANT the bars. I want the image printed how it was intended. I'd rather trim the bars post printing than have them trim my image to fit their paper. How do I get them to retain the whole image WITHIN the paper ratio

That's the problem, they've all been cropped. I don't understand why the integrity of the image is respected rather than enlarged to fill the paper. Seems ludicrous. I'm a cinematographer of 40 years, if somebody reframed my work to fit the screen like the old pan and scan for TV) I'd go nuts.

Hi all My wife has several hundred prints she wants to have printed by Loxley but we cant find how to stop the images being cropped/reframed We just want to select a print size (15cm x 10cm) and have the images printed for 'best fit' within that. I'm surprised this sin't the default option, but we cannot find how to do this. Any suggestions please?

I'm a retired cinematographer who has agreed to take some wedding stills for a family member. Unfortunately the venue is Marylebone Town Hall late afternoon in mid December.... And I know less than nothing about flash. I've a Nikon SB700 Nikon D800e or Sony A7 mk2 Would prefer the Sony with my Leica summicron lenses but no ttl. Not sure I'll have the time or confidence to go manual flash mode, so guess its the D800e Any tips re settings on camera and flash? And has anybody shot this location in the dark? We only own the steps for 30 minutes. I've no time to recce beforehand, so any advice gratefully accepted.

Owned an R2880 since forever and I hate it. How its never been launched out the window I'll never know as I'm not known for my patience. Its ok with anything but the paper I want to use, Velvet Fine Art A3+. I've tried every which way.....odd thing is, when you get one sheet to load, you can normally get on a roll and do several, But I've sweated for 2 hours or more sometimes to get the first one to load and then given up. When it works its ok......but I've probably had 30 prints from it in 15 years

Couldn't disagree more with the above. The Noctilux has a unique character that makes it an outstanding tool for isolating subjects whilst retaining a wide(ish) feel. The out of focus character adds to its unique look. The only reason I bought Leica MP was to use the Noctilux, but found the Rangefinder system useless for the extreme accuracy needed when focusing. I now use it on a Sony A7mk2, it's still not easy, but with the right subjects it produces stunning results. In a time where optical perfection is being pursued with such fervour, the flaws of older lenses are now much sought after to counter the brittle, clean images attained with digital capture. An extension ring helps get the focus cliser than 3 feet. The optical footprint also works well with the Red Epic Dragon

Recommendation sub £50 please. I tend to use D800 with a fairly heavy 80-200 t2.8. No sports, just general stuff

<p>Thank you for the replies. I am away shooting for a while but will post example when I retrurn.... the image posted earlier was posted by somebody trying to help, not by me and does not represent the type of artwork I'm attempting to archive/ copy/ print. They are made up of an extensive range of greys from white to black, not just black line drawings on white BG</p>

<p>Thanks<br> Flash? I'm too used to my old tungsten habits. I usually shoot them exterior in either flat light or in a shadowed spot. I've used a dozen different lenses, Leica M, Nikon, even an old set of PL mounted Zeiss super speeds. Its a post fix/technique I'm seeking, especially as a lot of images are already catalogued so would be nice to go back to the original neg scans / files and rework them.<br> As for the scanner suggestion, they are way too big for my V700, they are closer to A3 size and it seems a decent A3 scanner would be about £2k+<br> I've tried layer masks (obviously) but my photoshop knowledge beyond that gets a bit sketchy, I normally use Lightroom for doing 'regular' photography corrections, but I'm struggling with these white BG's</p>

I'm a Cinematographer, my wife is an artist. She draws mainly pencil on white cartridge paper (similar to velvet fine art paper, slight texture). I photograph her work in very even, flat light, yet really struggle to get even whites when I print, in fact I often get grey gradients in corners. If I adjust the curves/levels in Lightroom to get clinical whites, I loose detail in the light pencil areas. Photographing people on white limbos and grading the whites in telecine is easy compared to trying to print on paper or even achieve a nice 'clean' digital file. Any suggestions? Tips? Tricks? Thanks in advance.