katydid Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I sent off a digital album I designed to a company to be made into two albums. The size that it was made in is 10" (width) by 12" (height). I actaully desinged the album as 20" by 12" because it is a flush mount album. For the parent album I order a 8x10 album of the first which the album company said they could resize for. Well here is the email I got yesterday for the company "We try to resize the 10x12 to 8x10 but it is not in 8x10. It ends up being 8x9.2 and cuts off the pictures. Can you resize it in and resubmit the 8x10." When I try and resize I have exactly the same problem. I don't know what to do to resize it correctly. I want to have the same aspect ratio because if I don't keep it there is a slight stretch to the pictures that I don't like. My thought is to make an 8x10 canvas in photoshop and then copy the layers on to it, transform it and then just stretch the backgrounds. I don't know how to do this...any thoughts? If there is I need detailed instructions:-) If I can't figure this out my next step will be to just order the album as a 10x12 and eat the extra cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooke_moore Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 This is why it is essential to design in the aspect that you want the final album to be in. Your proportions are off by quite a bit. You worked with a "square" format and now want a rectagular one. You could try your fix but I think it will end up looking weird. Might be easier and have a better final result to redo with the proper aspect to start with. Since you did it once it should go quickly as long as the images are properly prepped. Brooke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydid Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 My sizing is correct for the 10x12 album. Because it is a flush mount album both pages are designed as one page making a 20x12 size. So for my 8x10 album for a page spread would be 16x10. It is not a square format. I assumed that a 10x12 inch album could be sized down to an 8x10 size since it is the same aspect ratio. The album company also assumed the same thing since they thought they could do that for me. When I resize it down I get a size that is just .33" of an inch off. That is why I would like to just stretch the backgrounds a bit to make up for this. Any more thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john at storybook pages Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 10x12 is .833 ratio (width to height). 8x10 is .800 ratio. They are not the same aspect ratio and you will either have to redesign the pages or risk having some edges cropped off if you try to resiz a 10x12 album to 8x10. It's that darned math again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina_marie1 Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 Unfortunately I don't have an easy answer but more an an observation. 10x12 seems an odd size, it's not offered with several of the album companies that we use (or looked at). Most companies offer sizes which the overall ratio can be resized for purchase of multiple sizes: ex. 11x14, 10x12.5, 8x10, 6x7.5, 4x5 I would ask for some sort of discount because the album company should have not have told you they could do that in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katydid Posted October 31, 2007 Author Share Posted October 31, 2007 Thanks...I am thinking that I will just have to order the larger size as I am unwilling to invest time in making this album work as an 8x10. When you do an 10x10 size does that aspect ratio work for the other square album sizes? This is probably the last time that I use the 10x12 size now that I know it can't fit other album ratio's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john at storybook pages Posted November 1, 2007 Share Posted November 1, 2007 Katie, any size square should be able to be re-sized to any other size square. You're right, it's the aspect ratio that remains the same. And all squares are 1:1. Best of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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