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Printing Your Passport Photos At Home
How many times have you used a robot booth for your passport photo requirements? You know, those ones that cost the earth; take ten minutes to process photos and deliver unflattering results?
Face it, the fluorescent lighting does nothing for your skin-tone, the seat is always far too low for a short person to get “in-shot”, and somehow, it never goes right the first time. You end up spending another $10. just to process another set of photos that make you look pale, insipid and usually stunned.
The saving grace has come in the form of photo editing software; now meaning anyone with a decent quality camera and photo software can reproduce passport photos, for any purpose. No more will you be reluctant to show your passport at departures. No longer will your pictures come back rejected from the passport office, because it didn't meet their passport photo requirements.
With Camtoprint's passport photo software, the photo editing process is simple, with additional tools that can actually help to enhance your photographs. The suite includes crop, resize and rotation functions meaning you can manipulate existing photos to the desired size; correcting any errors that are deemed unacceptable by State or Government agencies.
Camtoprint's D.I.Y passport photo software can be fully utilized to reproduce your passport photos for any formal requirement, which is particularly useful when the need for renewing driving licences, passports and I.D cards is rarely occurs all at the same time.
Cost Effective Benefits:
A photo booth generally retails upward of $10, and only provides one set of passport prints (usually consisting of four to six photographs). Camtoprint on the other hand, offer a software program at no cost whatsoever. Printing costs are also surmountable, and as cheap as printing any other types of photograph on your home printer.
Will My Passport Photos Be Accepted By Licence/ Passport Agencies?
Yes. Providing you have read through the guidelines provided by the agency, there is no reason why your photo will not be accepted. General stipulations for passport photos include:
• The photo must be taken no more than six months prior to the date of application.
• The photo must feature you, and only you.
• The photo must be clear, free from blurring, red-eye and flash bounce.
• The photo must show your natural expression.
• The background within the photograph must be of a neutral colour. (Cream, white etc.)
• Your face must be central to the photograph with no features cropped or cut from the image.
• Your hair /scarf /hat must not obscure your features. Hats should be removed.
For a complete list of dos/ don't, hints and tips, please see the “Passport Photo Requirements” article also featured in this section.
Printing:
With the Camtoprint photo editing software, you can edit, fix and resize your photos; then print them from the same program. The passport photo software allows you to include as many images on one page as you so wish. This is however dependent upon the size of printer paper you plan to use; 4”x6” and 5”x7” paper formats will produce 6-8 passport photographs. Different countries have different regulations regarding the size of passport photo acceptable to agencies. Camtoprint have recognised this, including the standard size formats within the software. If your passport photos are not for a formal application, you can edit them to any size you require.
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