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Victorycountry Posted 18 years ago
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00I had a customer bring in an image, wanted the image printed a big size but she doesnt want it be chopped off. ( I am talking about a photo printing).02br
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00She said, she want the length of the image a certain size (e.g. the same as A3).02br
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00I told her because of different ratio, and if she doesn't want any chopping off, the image needs some white border around it.02br
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00Then she said, she wants the length that size, and the height to be 01b01u00propotion to02u02b00 her original image.02br
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00Here, what's the meaning of 'proportion to'? and would anyone please explain with an example?02br
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0Let's say her original is three by five, five being the length. She now wants the length to be fifteen. 666 : 1, or one and two-thirds to one.

— Avangi

  • 0Let's say her original is three by five, five being the length.
  • She now wants the length to be fifteen.
  • 666 : 1, or one and two-thirds to one.
  • That's a proportion.
  • 02br 02br 00Another way to approach it would be to ask, what do I multiply the original length by to get the new length she is asking for?
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0Let's say her original is three by five, five being the length. She now wants the length to be fifteen. The final product should be nine by fifteen, preserving the lengh-to-width ratio of 5 : 3, or 1.666 : 1, or one and two-thirds to one. That's a proportion. No matter how big or small the print, the length will always be 1.666 times as great as the width.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Consider an image that has a length of 6 inches and a height of 4 inches.02br
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00If you increased the length to 12 inches and the height to 8 inches, they would still be in the same proportion.02br
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00But if you increased the length to 12 inches and the height to 7 inches or to 9 inches, they would not be in the
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0One more try, just in case:02br
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00You have four dimensions: original length, original height, enlarged length, enlarged height. The originals you measure. The enlarged length she tells you. The enlarged height you calculate.02br
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00Using calculator: enlarged length divided by original length equals 01b00ratio02b00.02b
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0Hi friends,02br
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01b00‘Proportion’ means equal ratio is applied to all dimensions.02b02br
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00I have read the question a few times. I am still trying to figure out what VC is looking for in an answer. It seems to me from the first instruction, the client’s order was to have a proportional image, not the outer dimensions, for VC me
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0Welcome back, Hoa!02br
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00I thought it was perfectly clear from her post that her customer wished (1`) to enlarge the photo (2) to retain the original "length to height" ratio, and (3) to produce a specified enlarged "length" dimension. (You can't always expect everyone to use "ratio" and "proportion" correctly, but I thought her intention was clear.)02br
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0Hi Hoa, here I am again,02br
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00I reread VC's post, as you did, to try to understand your objection. There's some confusion about what the customer wants vs what VC wants.02br
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00The whole thing about the ****** white border was VC's response to the customer's concerns about not chopping the image and keeping it's proportions. ( I don't think en
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0Hi Avangi,02br
00I have no objection but I am curious about the conversation, especially the client's intention. Maybe I don't understand the enlargement process. 02br
00Let's replay VC's statements, shall we?02br
001. 01font01i00I had a customer bring in an image, wanted the image printed a big size but she doesnt want i
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0Hi Hoa,02br
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00I really don't think there are any fine points to be missed. The problem is perhaps the opposite. We have somewhat ungrammatical speech and reported speech, plus a certain amount of misunderstanding between the two speakers. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. That is, no amount of looking at the individual words will give us a guaranteed p
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01cite10Avangi12cite10P.S. Where did 40 X 40 come from?12br
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00Sorry! I tried to force a RECTANGULAR peg into a SQUARE hole! It wouldn't fit, would it? 05002br
00Catch you later. - Hoa 010id1
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1b00Hi, Avangi, Clive and Hoa.02b02br
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00Sorry, I just checked all your replies.02br
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00Well, I didn't expect this many and detailed replies ... you all are unreal!!05002br
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00Thanks very much!!02br
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00The customer's images were kind of panorama. ( i.e. long width and short height )
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