Importance of Paper Size in Digital Photo Printing Services


by Thomas Jack - Date: 2008-09-30 - Word Count: 308 Share This!

It is vital to know what kind of paper and size of paper will be most appropriate for digital photo printing services before you are going to opt for such services. Paper sizes being used traditional photo printing is absolutely different from to be used for photos to be developed by using digital photo developing solutions. The main reason why differences are brought to online photo printing services is involvement of technology and device is taking photos.

Traditional photos were taken using films, while photos intended to be developed using digital or online services are taken using completely different technologies. Along with this, traditional papers were meant to be cut or cropped or trimmed or those side areas would be kept blank. Traditional paper sizes consists of altogether different aspect ratios than digital photo prints.

Options of paper sizes in digital photo printing differs mainly because of the one chief factor and that is aspect ratio. Aspect ratio shows relation between vertical and horizontal measures of photos. Now, the relation is applicable in not only still photos and includes other type and format of photos entailing two dimensional rectangles such as painting, videos and others. While traditional paper sizes would range from 4X6 to 8X11 and even more. Because traditional films use 3:2 aspect ratio, therefore, 4X6 was fount to be ideal fit for traditional photos.

Digital photo printing cannot make use of similar size as digital cameras have different sensors for taking photos with the aspect ratios which is completely foreigner to traditional films. Digital cameras regardless of the mega pixel (from 2 mega pixel to 8 mega pixel) of cameras relate to same aspect ratio, that is 4:3. Therefore, traditional paper sizes will be completely incompatible if will be used to process photos taken through digital cameras or to be processed using digital photo printing services.


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Author: Thomas Jack is an expert in the field of digital photo printing and has been associated with it since years. After years of professional life Thomas jack now wants to share his information about photo printing with others.

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