Okay, so I am learning how to enhance or manipulate images using GIMP (Until I can afford PS).  My main question is - will

MPix print the altered images I send them?  When sending them, can I send one at a time, or is that a waste of money?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

J.D.

If you save it as a jpg they can print it.  I don't know what you mean about one at a time, but most of us wait until we have a batch of a couple of dozen or more to print before ordering.  The shipping charges would eat you alive otherwise...

Doesn't MPIX save your pictures in your account until you are ready to place an order?  I'm not sure if that's what the OP meant, but back in the good old days when I was able to order, (which I might be able to do again now that I've downloaded firefox, haven't tried yet), I seem to remember that was the way it worked.  You upload the photos and order when you're ready. Right?

Tom, Thanks.  I will wait until I have a good batch.  I don't want to be ate alive with shipping costs.  The reason I asked is, because I have

my first wedding shoot coming up, and I want to know how to send everything properly to Mpix.  I usually mail in my film, and they

post it for me to order accordingly.  Do they charge extra for pictures that are edited?  If the picture is not the right size for the enlargement

or reprint that I want, Mpix will prompt me, correct? 

 

Thanks again,

J.D.

They don't even know if they are edited.  To Mpix, a jpg is a jpg.  Now if you want them to color balance, that is free - but it may not turn out the way you want if you have a white balance that is off on purpose for some reason.  If you trust your monitor to be accurate, then check the box that tells Mpix NOT to color correct.  But if you aren't sure, then have them color correct.

If your picture is not the right size, then it will prompt you to crop it then and there, but if you want more control you can crop it in your image editing program ahead of time.

There are two ways to upload now as well.  There is the standard ordering, which worked for me last time but gave me some headaches, and there is tne new ROES method which I have not tried,  http://www.mpix.com/MpixRoes.aspx

I will try ROES next time to see if it works better for me.  It sounds like it might be a way to go if you are doing a large project like a wedding.