Passport size photos from digital camera

shazrazmataz

I have taken some 'passport' like photos with my digital camera but I'm having some problems sizing them. When I make them smaller ( passport size ) they look like our heads have been stretched, can anyone suggest how to do this so we dont look like 'stretch armstrong' ! Many thanks in advance.

culpepper

there should be an option to keep the aspect ratio the same in paintshop and I think in adobe photoshop.

T4i

Passport photos are 45mm x 35mm.

If you take a photo using the portrait style (holding the camera sideways) and resize it to 45mm x 35mm. See if the photo looks stretched.

Paintshoppro9 will resize photos.

T4i

If your running XP this might do.....

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

seth

I use the full version, select print, then custom size, then crop to fit print size.

There are 2 issues one the aspect ratio of the passport photo may not be the same as the aspect ratio of your digital photo. The second may be that your printer streches the image if you say boarderless.

The preview images in Photoshop album will show you what the print will look like.

I did this last week and got 8 passport photos on one 4" x6" print.


http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopalbum/starter.html

Pottymouth_2

I am not sure if this works - but if you get ready to resize and hold the shift key or the ctrl key down while re-sizing - sometimes it keeps the aspect ratio.

Works in some office programs - so worth a try.

If it doesn't work - Iv'e just wasted your time! Sorry!

Potty.

lipidicman

Your digipics will be 4x3 (a different aspect ratio to 45mm x 35mm)

So first you need to do a crop to the correct aspect ratio - you can constrain the selection ratio in photoshop if you have it

Then scale the photo to say 1200dpi and 45mm x 35 mm and it will be perfectly sized.

Then create a picture of 6" x 4" at the SAME DPI and paste the image on several times - print this and it will look PERFECT

NOTE that passport pics for a British passport must be 1200dpi or greater and they must be printed on genuine photo paper - ie by a photo lab or a photo machine (ie the ones in boots) not photo paper for your inkjet!

shazrazmataz

Thanks guys for all your answers, we dont need the photos for a passport they are for medical forms that require a passport size photo, thanks again :j

sicker

You could try http://www.resize2mail.com
You can choose what size you require there.

John

f107btx

Microsoft Photo Editor

Select Image>Resize

lipidicman

sicker wrote:

You could try http://www.resize2mail.com
You can choose what size you require there.

John

That wont really work for preparing photos for professional printing - use the DPI method I outlined above