Shutterfly Quality for printing............

Sassy Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:17 AM

Shutterfly Quality for printing............

I ordered some prints from shutterfly once, and they came out very RED.
When I printed them on my home printer which is very cheap, this did not happen.

ANyone else have this experience w/Shutterfly?

NovemberSue Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:19 AM

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I ordered some pictures from them and they came out great. Maybe you can complain and get the photos re-done.

Sonicstef Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:20 AM

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They will redo them if you ask.

Ive had the red experience too and sometimes they come out perfect. Its a crap shoot just like with a brick and morter photo developer.

Samanthas Mom Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:25 AM

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you can play around w/ the quality before you order
they have border and crop options
go to border and select NO BORDER and your pics will be larger, I did not know this and got a whole bunch w/ the white border and hardly any pic

christine1221 Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:31 AM

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I ordered once & they came out very nice. I like the white border, but I also liked the other options that they give you! I'd ask them to redo them, no shipping also!!

Sassy Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:35 AM

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Thanks Ladies.

I will try and have them redo them, although it was a few months ago

Question: Should I trust them to print over 200 wedding pics from my friends digicams and scanners?
The qualities of all the pics look GREAT.....
But that's a big order. I'm scared to trust them

stacedz Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:37 AM

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Liz, make sure the quality of the print that you upload is at least 200 dpi and that you are either scanning them at that or the resolution is high from the digital. Some pics come out OK that I have them do, others are great and good quality. I love them!

Sonicstef Posted: Jun 17, 2003 11:37 AM

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You should do some test prints first.

Just because they look good on your screen doesnt necessarily mean they are set properly for shutterfly's printers. (Since your printer is calibrated with your screen, you will get more true to screen results from your printer.)

yabbobay Posted: Jun 17, 2003 12:17 PM

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this happened to my sister...

Curley999 Posted: Jun 17, 2003 01:21 PM

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I ordered about 75 pictures from shutterfly and they came out very good. But make sure you scan them in at a high DPI (200-300). I would ask them to redo the ones that came out incorrectly

shamma Posted: Jun 17, 2003 01:29 PM

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Liz, try scannig them at a higher resolution and try doing it from Ofoto, I got some of my proofs in wallet size done by them and they were perfect.

Sassy Posted: Jun 17, 2003 01:36 PM

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Thanks everyone
The pics are not coming from me tho. From friends and family. I dont want to pester them and ask how they were scanned or the resolution of their digi cam

Shamma, I'm printing all of yours also

stacedz Posted: Jun 17, 2003 02:02 PM

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Liz, normally digitals are high in quality, although you can change that on each digital but the pics are taken at a large size, I think mine are 8 x 10's or larger, so when that becomes a 4x6 the quality is still very good. I know when you upload to Shutterfly, they are shrunk down.

Sassy Posted: Jun 17, 2003 02:21 PM

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Thanks Stacey.
Does anyone know if they have a human we could talk to?

shamma Posted: Jun 17, 2003 03:57 PM

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Liz, you can thank my hubby, he was very upset that I called him away to take a photo of the LIW girls he wanted to run behind your photographer like he was hired I think he wants a job as a photographer, he really enjoys it.