I don't know if this will help you or not but here it is. I shoot in RAW with my D60. I touch up in PhotoShop Camera Raw and save as a max-resolution jpeg. I have uploaded these pictures to Ofoto.com and they have made excellent 20" X 30" prints from them for about $23 each. I consider it to be a real bargain and my customers love them. Next, I'm going to do the same with images from my *ist D. I expect the same, or better results from it, too.
Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 6:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: *istD Pixels Per Inch > > > On 8 Dec 2003 at 8:23, Kevin Waterson wrote: > > > I guess what I am trying to find is a balance between > filesize and quality > > of print, I am printing on 8x12 and the lab that prints my > photos simply > > convert the tiff images to jpeg before printing. They use > photoshop to > > do this and charge $5 for doing so. > > > > My guess is to save as jpeg to begin with, do the color > corrections in > > photoshop and send them to the lab for printing. > > You may have crossed wires here. DPI as reported by the image > editing software > is a scaling factor only. Only the dimensions of the images > pixel array and > colour depth (plus channels if any) control the file size. > > What I don't understand is why your lab would need to convert > the TIFF files to > JPEG however if they do then you might as well do it yourself > and save the $$$. > > Find out the optimum DPI that their output device requires > and set your image > resolution without resampling to that figure using "image > size". You can then > destructively resample you image by typing a dimension in the > document size > boxes with resampling on. > > Save the file as a baseline JPEG with maximum quality, then > they should have > little to complain about. > > Cheers, > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
