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Resizing digital album - help!!!


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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.

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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

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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?

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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.

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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.
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