Photographs

"The [photograph] shows me at one glance what might be spread over ten pages in a book."
Ivan Turgenev
About Photographs
With photographs, you will always be reminded of those special moments you had with your precious pet. There is something special about having a visualization that just cannot be captured with words. Furever Loved offers photographs, both engraved and printed, for many of our products.
Prepare Your Order for a Photograph
Preparing your photograph is easy, but not necessary. Furever Loved dedicated staff of production associates will ensure your product looks great.
Digitize the Photograph
If the photograph you want to use is not already digital, you will have to get it as a digital copy first. You can use the scanner and your computer, or you can use the camera on your smartphone.
Using Your Scanner
If you prefer to use your computer and scanner, simply scan in the document as a JPEG at a recommended 100dpi. On some scanners, it may be simply listed as "High Quality" or "Photo" mode.
Using Your Smartphone
You can also use your smartphone to capture the handwriting. Using the built in camera, simply take a picture of the handwriting.
The key is to make sure you have good lighting and that you take the picture as straight on as possible to avoid any distortions.
Using Microsoft Office Lens
Microsoft has released a program for smartphones called Microsoft Office Lens. This app is really cool because it basically will flatten the image for you when you take a picture ensuring that that distortions are at a minimum.
Enahnce Your Photo (Optional)
If you want to enhance your photograph before submitting it to our site, you can follow these steps. You don't have to, we do all these steps for you on receipt of your order. But if you want to see a more accurate visualization of your product, just take a few moments and be amazed at the results.
Crop the Image
Open the photo in your favorite editor. This can be as simple as Microsoft Paint on a Windows PC, or Preview on a Mac. Your smartphone also likely has a photo editor built in as well. At Furever Loved, we love using the GIMP because it is both free and supports a variety of formats. Most software uses the same process:
Set the aspect ratio accordingly to reflect the type of photo you need. For example, a 4x6 portrait photo should have a 4:6 ratio. If it isn't specified, use a square.
We recommend that you try to get the nose as the center part of the crop; or in the case of two people, the mid-point between their noses. Try leaving some room around the edges of the face to capture the shoulders.
Once you make the selection, copy the image and paste as a new image. You now have a perfectly cropped image ready to be uploaded to our website.
Furever Loved will do this for you, plus much more, to ensure a good quality pet keepsake is delivered to you.
Furever Loved and Engraving
When it comes to engraving, Furever Loved takes a few steps to ensure the image will look great - mainly by removing the entire background so that the person becomes the clearest portion of the image.
By removing the background, the engraved photograph will appear much more clearly on our metal pet keepsakes.
Furever Loved takes great pride in ensuring all your photos looks great, whether printed or engraved. We also are the only company to provide pet keepsakes with the printed photo already inserted into your pet keepsakes so that they are ready for wear right away.