Lightroom Printing and crop marks

[jschone]

Hi,

I usually leave a large white border (on large prints 4" left, right, top and 4,5"-5" at the bottom) around my photos when printing, how can I set crop marks for the final paper size in Lightroom? (and not for the image cell).

Jochem

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Why not for the image cell? That's the easiest way, IMHO.

Eric

[jschone]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, that would be great, but how to get a border on all sides? Which image cell it seems to be a margin up/down OR left/right, depending on image proportions. How to set a border around all sides by using the image cell properties?

Jochem

[eliedinur]

Do the math and crop your image to the desired cell's aspect ratio. I print on A3 (29.7x42 cm.) with a 1 cm. border, so I crop with a custom box that is 277:400. Thus I have no problem setting 1 cm. margins and the image exactly fills the 27.7x40 cm. cell.

[jschone]

Hi,

Thank you for your suggestion, but I print from 24" and 44" rolls so that doesn't really work. I just want to print crop marks through Lightroom at the page size border and be able to control left, right, bottom, top individually. Just like margins already does but with crop marks at the margins' borders.

I have the feeling that the current crop marks implementation of LR is unfinished or I am missing something here? I hope someone can enlighten me on this subject.

I have been looking at Lightroom as a substitute for Imageprint which I have been using for the last 7 years. Upgrading IP to the new version is rather costly though so I looked at Lightroom as an alternative (also looked at ImageNest from Bluecubit but too many bugs).
Downloaded LR4 but no change in the Print module as it seems, except for SoftProofing. I believe, being able to control page size with exact crop marks is essential in large format Fine Art Printing.

Jochem

[wolfnowl]

Have you considered making a page frame in Photoshop, Elements or some other graphics program, using the aspect ratio(s) you want and then adding them as a graphic identity plate behind your images?  Seems a simple solution to your question.

Mike.

[Ernst Dinkla]

I have been looking at Lightroom as a substitute for Imageprint which I have been using for the last 7 years. Upgrading IP to the new version is rather costly though so I looked at Lightroom as an alternative (also looked at ImageNest from Bluecubit but too many bugs).

Jochem

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