Free passport photos (merged)

freaky_stuff

--Tony-- wrote: »

The whole point of this thread is you take your snap and use the software then either get it printed on line or at Boots and only pay for only one normal print (5-10p or free!) per 6 passport photo's.

This has been on this site many times before and I have used it without problem using Boots to print the photo's.

I really need my pics by the end of the week, i need to take them for six people in my family. So i took the pics myself thinking they would be cheaper and went to Klicks to find out that each set would cost 4.99 which i am definately not going to pay especially when iv taken the picture myself and would get it cheaper in a photo booth.

Then i went to boots where the machine was out of order and i was told there that they did not do passport pics.

I want them but dont want to purchase online because i know delivery times vary.

So im thinking of having them done at COSTCO. Does anyone know if the COSTCO in Birmingham does passport photos and do they take the photos?

kazzybee

If people use the Windows photo printing wizard after setting up the epassportphoto.com software use size 10cm x 15cm cropped, this gives you the passport photos using the correct size to cut & use staright away.
Thanks Jelly123 brilliant link.

hardleyouth

K9cuddles wrote: »

oh man! If only I knew this last week!

:mad:

lol same

Ellie2758

IClaudius wrote: »

Thanks Kez1234, I HATE those bloomin booths. My kids look down ,or away at the very last minute

Dont use the booths then. Supasnaps or any other high street chain will take passport photos for about 4.99 and the quality is much better than the booths. You get 8 photos for that, which is handy now that my 2 are at college as they always seem to need photos for this and that.

lynneinjapan

feival wrote: »

I have used this a few times and then printed them out. It works well but beware sometime the last two photos on one side get slightly cut off. Also, one of the photos has their web address overlaid onto it. Still well worth it though

The cropping happens because the images are pushed right up into the top left-hand corner of the print. You should be able to use image-editing software to centre the block of images on the print so that if a couple of mm get cropped on the print then it doesn't matter.

I've just done a batch of passport photos and didn't know about the epassportphoto software, so here's how I did it - and this method allows you to put more than one person's photo on the same print:

1. Take photo(s) to meet the Passport Office requirements (plain off-white, cream or grey background; no glasses (they aren't disallowed but they do tend to cause problems with reflections); looking directly at camera; neutral expression with mouth closed).

2. Download onto computer and measure height of head, from crown to chin, in pixels. Divide this number by 0.7 to give height of photo required. (Example: a head height of 1220 pixels means a picture height of 1220 / 0.7 = 1743 pixels.)

3. If your image editing software tells you, or allows you to specify, the aspect ratio, then you need to aim for an aspect ratio of 0.7777... to give a photo with its side lengths in the right ratio for a 35 x 45mm print. If it doesn't then multiply your picture height by 0.7777 to find the width you need in pixels. (Example: head height 1220 pixels => picture height 1743 pixels => picture width 1743 x 0.7777 = 1356 pixels.) It won't matter if you're 1 or 2 pixels out on each side.

4. Crop your picture to the appropriate height & width, keeping the head central of course. Resample to 700 x 900 pixels and save. (You might want to save the higher-resolution version before resampling but 700 x 900 is ample for a passport photo and makes for a smaller file size.)

5. Now create a new blank canvas (white background) 3000 pixels wide and 2040 high. Paste 8 copies of your single image (or 2 each of up to 4 different images, if you need passport photos for more than one person) onto the canvas, leaving a white border all round the edge to avoid the cropping problem mentioned above. (I leave a narrow white border between images too, for ease of cutting, but you don't have to do this.) Save the file.

6. Go to your printer of choice - must be one that offers the option of prints on matte (lustre) paper - and get a 6" x 4" print. If you order from Snapfish you can get this for free if you're a new customer; otherwise it costs just 9p if you collect from Jessops (or 16p if you want it in a hurry - then it'll be done within a few hours, but don't take Snapfish's word for it that the prints will be available by 11am or whenever - call the shop to check that they've got it before you go to collect). The other option is to take it into your local photography shop on a memory stick or similar - at Jessops, for example, it costs 35p for 1-hour printing.

kazzybee wrote: »

If people use the Windows photo printing wizard after setting up the epassportphoto.com software use size 10cm x 15cm cropped, this gives you the passport photos using the correct size to cut & use staright away.

You can try printing at home if you like but the Passport Office advises against this and it will probably cost you more in paper/ink than getting the print done professionally anyway.

navmanl200

if you want TOTALLY free passport photo's try (photomat.eu) this will give you 8 totally free photo's with NO catch.

SORRY AS A 'NEW USER' i am not allowed to post links!!! so you will have to take the address (inside the brackets) and add the www bit!!

how stupid is that ?? Try and help and you get rejected !!!

littleclever

You can use idphoto4you website to create valid passport photos.
It is also free.
It knows many passport standards. It uses face detection, so very easy to use.

stphnstevey

Thanks for this

Viking_Man

Just a warning that I used epassportphoto.com to create passport photos for my children's UK passports. I followed the instructions on the site, took the photos with a good digital camera on high resolution, set up the photos with the right proportions for the face, downloaded the JPG photo sheet from the web site and printed them out on photographic paper with a new inkjet printer. The Post Office Check and Send service rejected them as being too low quality and I ended up using the booth instead.

Arandorastar

I too used epassportphoto.com earlier this year to renew mine and my wife's passports. My wife's photo was accepted, mine was rejected for being of unacceptable quality. :mad: