god dam it! cropping

First time using Picasa, great bit of software! but just cropped nearly 200 photos at 9 x 13 as it said small print, and now i cant find anywere that prints that size

or is there a reason for that?

Can't help as I've never used it before sorry Ste!

Not sure - I tend to crop at 10x15 and find that although prints don't come in that size, they do nearly - and you can buy good photo paper in that size. It's always worked well enough for me so far - but you do need to allow for a small bit of extra coming off (or white edges) in a print. It doesn't bother me - but if I was specifically wanting 'perfect' prints - I would probably do it another way!

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what is the best way to crop for certain sizes then?

I tend to just think of the ratio

7 x 5 is popular
8 X 6 is also popular but slightly longer in shape.
12 X 8 is also popular - obviously same as 6 X 4

90% of mine are either 7 x 5 ratio or 12 x 8 ratio - that way I don't get confused if I buy prints.

Oh and square of course.

this is really confusing me... if i want to print on 6 x 4 paper what is the best size to crop to. i just used the preset crop on Picasa which is what has confused me. not printed any of my photos yet

the 3 sizes ive been told they want to print them on (not all it must be a price they have got) is 6”x4”, 6”x4½” and 5”x3¾

I thought Picasa had a 6x4 setting?

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I get 10x15, which is the metric equivalent of 6x4. is that right?