Does anyone know how to format two wallet-sized prints onto a 4x6 size?

Question

Places charge 58cents to print a wallet - but 20cents for a 4x6 - I need 50 copies of a wallet - so using photoshop elements - it will only let you make a "picture package" on a 8 x10 - which is fine - but when I download it to .... say target or kodak - it says the pic is low quality - the original was 2mb ( I put 8 on an 8x10) so I don't care if I'm putting two pix on a 4x6 or 8 pix on an 8x10 - I just don't want to pay $29 bucks for 50 wallet prints.

Answer 1

Can You print the pic at home at all ? ... If You can view the pic with "Windows Pic and fax viewer" (If the other pic editors havent hijacked Your default pic viewer built into Windows), You can simply click the print con, and tell Windows to print a full photo sheet on the last set of options, using each photo however many times it will fit on the page layout.



If You have a digital photo in general, and You want to save some cash, just print enough to fill a single page in full color, cut and paste them onto a blank sheet of apper, and take them to a color copy place that will do an 8 x 10 sheet in full color fr $1.50 a sheet.



Odds are You will get about 8 or more wallet sized onto a regular sheet of copy paper, and even at 6 copies of the page, plus one extra copy for future needs, You'd be paying about $9.00 total.



Also, If You have a scanner You can scan the first original sheet and save it as jpg, which You could print for even less money as a digital image and simply cut out later too.



Even if You know somebody with a scanner this is a LOT cheaper than those choices above. And most places that offer the kiosks to print pics also offer services to scan to file(s).



Remember - "Cut 'n paste" wasn't ALWAYS a computer term!!.







Good luck!.

Answer 2

To get 2 wallet size on a 4X6: File>New>Blank File (Wish you'd told us what version of Elements you have....) This works in 6 - if you don't have 6, I'm sure you'll figure it out. From the dropdowns in the New File dialog that appears select Paper, then in the next one, Size, select 4X6 (pick either Landscape or Portrait). Color Mode = RGB Resolution = 300 dpi Background Color = White. Click OK



Open the wallet-sized photo. Use the Move Tool to drag and drop it into your New File. In the Layers Palette, right click on the Background Layer and select Duplicate. Use the Move Tool to arrange them on the 4X6. If you have to resize them (if you do, they may not be wallet sized anymore so pay attention to their size), click on each one with the Move Tool, then Image>Resize>Scale. When they're the size that you want, click the green "commit" checkmark at the margin of the photo.



Don't forget to use File>Save As and give the new 4X6 a version name (i.e. instead of the original file name "Wallet", name it Wallet 4X6 so you don't overwrite the original wallet-size photo and destroy it.).

Answer 3

You're best bet would be to increase the amount of dpi in the original file, then expand it to the size you want. 300dpi works well. No matter what you will lose the quality when you change the nature of the original file. Make sure when you save the file you're saving it as a high resolution version as well.

Answer 4

This is the answer, I have searched and searched for this and I found it on an old PC I had. This is a totally free program. http://www.photility.com/ and check out PHOTO SHEET. Lets you do multiple prints on almost any size paper and it is so easy Safe Site as of 7/12/2014

Answer 5

NOPE