Highest quality FAW to Jpeg

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I use Zoom Browser and Image Task - the software that comes with Canon cameras. When it comes to saving the image, what settings would you use to get the highest qaulity images for prints? In particular, I'm interested in the resolution of the Jpeg (if Jpeg is your chosen file type).
 
Disclaimer - I never print my files, but the following is my understanding of how things should work....

So long as you have "enough" pixels then it probably doesn't matter too much how many you actually have. "Enough" pixels would be sufficient to have 300 pixels per inch, ideally, for "professional grade" results. Thus to make a 12x8 print your image should be (12x300) x (8x300) = 3600x2400. To make a 6x4 print you'd only need 1800x1200 pixels. If you don't need "pro grade" results, or the print is for viewing at a distance of a few feet rather than a few inches, then you could get away with fewer pixels per inch - perhaps as few as 200 per inch, or even less for a canvas.

However, I don't imagine it would be a problem to have more pixels than that, so it would probably be just as well to convert your images at their native size, without resizing at all. Then you can print them at any size you like, whenever you like, rather than specially preparing different sizes of file for different sizes of print.
 
For the best results found out the DPI the printer is using and output at the correct resolution for printing and sharpen accordingly.

If you leave the scaling down to the printer/driver you might get some softening or loss of fine details.
 
And rightly so, 96dpi is very low for a 6x4 :eek:
 
And yet the pics I've had are excellent, full colour range and pin sharp with no sign of a pixel anywhere.

You also get small files which can be uploaded to the Internet quickly, again with no pixellation.

Try it, you'll probably be quite surprised at the quality.
 
Peter, what were the pixel dimensions of this "96 DPI" file? To print a 6x4 at 96 DPI the file would be only 576x384 pixels. I would be very surprised if a file of that size produced good quality.

The DPI figure is basically meaningless unless the printer actually makes use of it. What counts is how many pixels you actually have.
 
pxl8 said:
For the best results found out the DPI the printer is using
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The problem with that is that ppi is not the same as dpi because a printer uses several dots to produce a single pixel. Printers often quote amazing resolutions like 1440 dpi. If you set your image to 1440 ppi then you'd have something a couple of inches wide.
 
hollis_f said:
The problem with that is that ppi is not the same as dpi because a printer uses several dots to produce a single pixel. Printers often quote amazing resolutions like 1440 dpi. If you set your image to 1440 ppi then you'd have something a couple of inches wide.
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Let's not do the whole DPI/PPI thing again. The point I was making was to simply ask the company doing the printing what "unit of little square things" per inch they are using and then use that when exporting the image for printing.

Most of them can provide the information without splitting hairs :D
 
When it comes to saving the image, what settings would you use to get the highest qaulity images for prints?
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The highest setting available, in case you ever want a larger print in the future.
 
tdodd said:
Peter, what were the pixel dimensions of this "96 DPI" file? To print a 6x4 at 96 DPI the file would be only 576x384 pixels. I would be very surprised if a file of that size produced good quality.
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I'm with you & pxl8 here - but I'm also bored and with a printer at my side - so I tried it

6x4" @ 96dpi as a crop from an almost A3 11mb 300 dpi jpeg - and it's very pxl8-ed

I can even tell at arms length that alls not well with the image :(

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
I'm with you & pxl8 here - but I'm also bored and with a printer at my side - so I tried it

6x4" @ 96dpi as a crop from an almost A3 11mb 300 dpi jpeg - and it's very pxl8-ed
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Whoa, a 6x4" print made up from little 96 little pictures of me per inch. How lucky are you! :lol:
 
OOPS - I think i made a booboo - I've just checked the editor I use and it's NOT DPI but Pixels per inch!

I still get a small file though. which prints at 6x4 perfectly.

I haven't tried larger pics but i will and let you know the results using commercial print shops.
 
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