Crop Factor - Printing

[astroNikon]

AstroNikon - yes, I've 'discovered' the predefined crop sizes in LR. But if I crop it there, I've "lost" the full picture unless I do an export cycle and come back and un-do the crop.

As an example, if I have reasons to print the same photograph at different sizes, it's quite labor-intensive (in my mind) to have to export, undo, recrop, export to another folder, etc. Note, too, that by having a 'too wide' original, fully edited picture to start from for each crop size, I can choose more or less headroom, etc, in each crop, that may be different than a different crop of the same photo. Also, when doing the Christmas card photo for our church pastors, I produce folders of each cropped-size photos on a USB thumb drive so wherever they go to get the Christmas cards printed, they have a choice of sizes to start from, as I have no idea what they require. I did the same for a number of pictures I took for one of the church members submitted to the local suburban news paper for an article they were going to print.

Make a Virtual Copy and then crop it differently

Right Click on the photo, and select "Create Virtual Copy"

Same photo but you can do different things

 

[enzodm]

This might sound like a stupid question, but do you have a recommendation for a printing service that I can print a 10x6.66 or a 9x6?
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I can't even find an 8x12 which is what I was originally hoping for.

Regarding the second issue: Amazon.com: 8 x 12 - Photo Frames / Home Décor: Home & Kitchen

On the first, I'm on the other side of the ocean so I cannot give you a specific indication, however the printing service I'm mostly using has two lines of prints, 4:3 and 3:2, plus a "strip" format for small pictures (fixed height, long as you want) on which you are able to print any aspect ratio.

 

[Murray Bloom]

I've always composed for the composition. It's a simple matter to cut a mat so that any image will fit a standard frame.