----- Original Message ----- From: "graywolf" Subject: Re: Print sizing question
> You do not have to do any math. Just set the short side and rez to what > you want. Use Bicubic Smoother in Photoshop. Better would be to upsize the > image from the RAW file, of course if you upsize from RAW you get to > reedit the image. You can probably get away with a 19x15 or 19.5x15.5 inch > image size. No need to go borderless as it will most likely be matted down > to that anyway. > > You are going to about have to double the size of the image (4x file size) > but that ought to come out OK. You could probably get away with 200ppi, > but 240ppi would look a bit better. Ignore any advice to go to 300 or 360 > ppi, it is not really needed for an image under glass that is not going to > be viewed with someones nose against it. Depending on what is printing it, this may be bad advice. Photographic printers work at 300/320 dpi, and will resize the file as rquired to bring it to that resolution. I've found with my Epson 4800 that the prints look better, even at normal viewing distances, if they are fed to the printer at 360dpi rather than sending a lower res file that has had less upscaling. Also, if the customer orders a 16x20, it is a good idea to ship a 16x20, and not presume that you know better about what is going to happen to the print in framing and send out a smaller size. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
