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12/20/2005 11:54:10 AM · #1 |
I am new to having Digital prints made.
My camera will take a photo max size when I bring it into photoshop of 30x40 inches and 72 dpi.
Will that be OK for making a 30x40 print? It doesn't need to be a perfect print but I don't want it completely pixeled out. Also any suggestions of online sites to send to for printing.
Thanks
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12/20/2005 11:56:03 AM · #2 |
You should use a minimum of 150dpi when printing, which is what DPCPrints uses. That would get you about 15x20 at 150dpi but of course you can always upsample, which is recommended.
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12/20/2005 11:58:07 AM · #3 |
| How do I change that to 150 DPI on my camera, or do I just change that in Photoshop and resave the JPEG |
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12/20/2005 11:58:56 AM · #4 |
You change it in Photoshop. I would save it as a new file though, not over the top of your old one.
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12/20/2005 11:59:49 AM · #5 |
| in photoshop change the dimentions of the pixels to 150 x the long print side. 40 x 150 = 6000... i'm sure that's quite a jump for most cameras. |
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12/20/2005 12:00:05 PM · #6 |
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12/20/2005 12:00:43 PM · #7 |
30x40 print from a 3mp camera will/may be pushing it. When I had my 4mp nikon I got a 20x30 print done and it was under 150dpi but it printed fine to be hung up and framed on a wall. Close up or right up on the print you could see the edges we not as sharp or a little blurry but hanging up on a wall its looks great.
Yep as mentioned above the photoshop trick by changing the dopi may help but it still wont look extremly sharp
and for poster prints so far I have used //www.ofoto.com, no complaints at all.
Message edited by author 2005-12-20 12:04:02.
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12/20/2005 12:05:37 PM · #8 |
| oh btw, i just processed a 1200 x 1200 or so image, and upsized it to 3150 x 2400 for a 10 x 13 print. I'm hoping that looks ok. Even that isn't quite as big a stretch as you're going for. Maybe even a 24 x 36 (standard movie poster size iirc) would be a little better? |
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