Photo printing questions

[photo1245]

Hello all,

I really would like to get some feedback about how to properly print an 8x10. I just started using Miller's lab and I highly recommend them. They were giving me a free color print test and the results came back cropped. How do I make sure I print at full frame? At what aspect ratio does the 8x10 need to be? I also use Photoshop Elements. Any help would be great. Thank you

 

[CameraClicker]

Most P&S cameras shoot a 4:3 ratio frame. Most dSLR cameras shoot a 3:2 frame. An 8X10 is 5:4 rotated. You are not going to get the full frame.

Shoot a bit wide. Tell Elements to crop 8 in and 10 in and 300 dpi, then draw the crop window to suit.

 

[KmH]

Note that it is ppi, not dpi.

This is what it looks like in a DSLR (3:2 aspect ratio) viewfinder: