Using PhotoShop I would first expand the "canvas size" of the image.
So, starting with a 6x18" image I would expand the canvas size to 12x18.
The command for expanding canvas size allows for expanding equally all
around or directing the expansion all to one of the four sides or some
split between them. Here you expand all either upward or downward. You
can control the color of the expanded area and for this task I generally
choose white for visibility to make the next step easier.
The next step would be to switch to the second (6x18) image and use the
"move tool" and drag the image from its own window onto the newly
expanded image. This will add a layer to the expanded image and you
slide the new image around until it's properly aligned over the empty
white space you just created by expanding the canvas size. Then flatten
the image which means to meld the layers together. The result will be a
single 12x18 image split equally top and bottom between the two input
images.
Unfortunately, I don't believe you can do this with FastStone. I'm sure
you can do it with PW Pro which used different terminology. At least my
old version doesn't recognize "canvas size" but does know about
expanding the "margins" around the image. But from there I no loner
remember how you'd go about blending the two images. Corel PaintShop
Pro also uses the term "canvas size" (even though it's not used in the
help file). I don't know the details of how to do it but since it also
uses layers like PhotoShop I have to assume you do it in a very similar way.
Olympus viewer seems to be very hobbled as far as editing goes so I
don't think there's any help there.
No doubt there's some other freebie out there that will do this but I
don't know what it is or how to do it.
One caution I would mention is the treatment of "bleed". When you make
a commercial print or even print something on your inkjet there is a
"bleed" of about 1/8" all around. When I make my own prints I size the
images 1/4" larger in length and width to account for the bleed so they
don't resize the image and mess with my sharpening. If I was printing
6x18 images I'd actually size them as 6-1/4"x18-1/4". If you print the
images as a single image all of the vertical bleed will be on the top of
the top image and the bottom of the bottom image. You may not care
about that at all but might want to think about what it means for some
specific images.
If you're anxious to just try a sample print or two before you figure
out how to do this for yourself I'll be happy to make the combined
images for you and send them back. It should only take me 5 or 10 minutes.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/27/2014 5:31 AM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all.
I have my photo printing dome at a commercial lab
A 12 x
18 inch print costs $20 my money
I want to fit two (approx) 6 x 18
inch prints one above the other to make a combined image that I can
slice with a guillotine to create two long skinny images from cropped
E-3 images.
Don't worry about the maths details ... they will be
sorted later.
Can you help me with suggestions of processes I can use
to achieve this. I do not have Photoshop.
It is clear that the public
want long prints, so next summer I MUST have a set.
Cheers, Brian
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