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what resolution to store digital images What resolution would be best to store digital images for family purposes? I know that most home printers can do 300 dpi...would this be best, considering future improvements?
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doug Nelson |
You answered your question. 300 is fine, and anticipates any advances in printer technology and also gives you the option of going to a service bureau for a dye sublimation print for a really important one. CD's are cheap; why not archive at the best resolution? Before you archive, go into the page of your imaging software that lets you set the image size. DO NOT throw out any pixels by "resampling" or whatever your software calls it. This way, you can pop that CD into a printer years from now, and it should print out at the size you want.
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Robert Torrence |
If you tell the imaging program to save as a .tif then you will not loose any quality as well but the file will be multiplied like a 2.7mb file will now be a 17mb file and most cameras shoot at 72 dpi in jpeg mode so that makes the size of the photo larger so when you change to 300 dpi the photo will automatically get smaller. When you save you should be mindful of a number ot things that happen to your file. Find what works for you and stick wuith it. Mr.T
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