Its my understanding that the frontier converts anything it gets to 300dpi before it processes and it magnifies the image by 6% as it prints. If you give them an image for a 4x6 at 300dpi plus 6% that would be 6*300*1.06=1908 x 4*300*1.06=1272. The frontier would then rescale it down to 300dpi for 4x6 before it prints. So your back to 1200x1800. Your image, less the border, would be 6% smaller thus; loss of resolution.
-jim > > If you add a border to an image by adding additional pixels, which > are then cropped off before printing, you have NOT lost resolution. > > If the original image was 1000 pixels wide, and you add an additional > 30 pixels (6%) of border on each side (total new width 1060 pixels), > your original image is still taking the same 1000 pixels. Loss of > resolution is not an issue here. > > You may have an issue of a slight loss of quality if your original > was a jpeg. When you open a jpeg image and make any changes > (including adding a border) you will get some image degradation if > you resave the file as a new jpeg. > > If you are providing the lab with tiff format, the additional jpeg > generational loss is not an issue. > > -Michael Fryd > > > > >I seem to remember reading they cut off 6%. 6% does not seem very > >much, but you > >can sure miss it. > >In the past I've shrunk my image 6% and create a canvas the full > >size with the image in the middle. However you do loose 6% of your > >resolution. > > > > > >-jim > >www.showmephoto.com > >www.showmestate.org/eos/links * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
