What does IS stand for? What does IS mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: IS.
The other way to do it is to resize the photo, so you see white edges on the left and right. Now while that keeps the whole of your original photo, it adds ugly bars. Most people donât like that, so printing shops prefer the crop option. Your 4:3 photo resized in a 3:2 ratio print.Note the white edges on each side.he reason your photos are printing with the top and bottom cut off (cropped out) is because the aspect ratio for a point-and-shoot camera image is 4:3 whereas the aspect ratio for a printed photo is 3:2.
You might want to crop the picture to a common aspect ratio so that it easily fits into a picture frame. This is also a good way to see the proportions of the picture when cropping it. 1  Select the picture that you want to crop to a common aspect ratio. 2  Click Picture Tools Format Size and click the arrow under Crop.ote If you do not see the Picture Tools and Format tabs, make sure that you selected a picture. You might have to double-click the picture to select it and open the Format tab. 1  Point to Aspect Ratio, and then click the ratio that you want. 2  When you are finished, press ESC.