This will draw a box around your image at the correct aspect ratio. Now, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard and drag the mouse over the image. In that case, select custom ratio and enter 1.4 (which is 7 divided by 5), then click the “Save and draw on image” button. There are plenty of common ratios to choose from there, but our 7:5 ratio isn’t among them. To do this in IrfanView, press Shift + C together to open the Create Custom Selection menu. The best thing to do is crop the image to the aspect ratio of the frame you’re trying to fill. You could just untick the Aspect Ratio box in the instructions above, but you’ll end up with a warped image, because the photo is being squashed or stretched into an ‘unnatural’ shape. But what if you were trying to fill a 7in x 5in frame? So what if the frame you’re trying to fill has a different aspect ratio to your photo? Most cameras shoot at an aspect ratio of 3:2 (three parts wide for every two parts high), which is why the image above would fit perfectly in a 6in x 4in frame. Press Print and a precise 6in x 4in emerges on a sheet of A4. So, in the screenshot below, I entered a width of 6in and the height was automatically adjusted to 4in. Enter the width of the image you wish to print in the Width box, and the height will automatically be adjusted. If at this point your image is already looking warped, don’t panic. If your image isn’t in the correct aspect ratio for the frame you wish to fill, see our Fixing the Aspect Ratio instructions below. Make sure the Aspect Ratio is ticked to avoid the image being warped. Next, in the middle of the window, where it says Print Size, select Custom. Now transfer your attention to the bottom of the Print window and select which unit you wish to work in – centimetres or inches. We’re going to show you how to control the exact size of the image itself, not the paper. Remember, it doesn’t matter if the paper you’re using is larger than the size of image you want to print. Now select File > Print or press Ctrl + P together to open the Print menu.Īt the top of the window that appears, make sure the correct printer and paper size is selected. Once the software has been installed on your PC, fire up the application, then click File > Open and select the photo you wish to print. You can do this either via the Windows Store (my recommended route if you’re running Windows 10) or directly from the IrfanView website. Print an Image at a Specific Sizeįirst you need to download the magnificent IrfanView. Here’s how to print an image at the exact size you need it using a free piece of software. It can print on different size papers, no problem, but if you want to print an image at a specific size on regular A4 paper, it can’t help you. You go to your favourite art app, but it ain’t interested. You’ve got a photo frame and want to fill it with an image at the precise dimensions, say 6in x 4in.
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